wine, put him tenderly
out of the window, saying to him, "Go: there is room enough in this
world for thee and me"? But to my stories. One is a sad one, but it
is true, as are also all the others.

A gentleman was once travelling in France, on horseback, followed by
his dog; presently the dog began to show great uneasiness, and run
and jump up at him and bark violently. The man saw no one near, and
could not understand what was the matter.

The dog persisted in barking. At last, the man scolded him. This did
no good. The dog still barked and jumped up trying to get hold of
his master's legs; the man scolded the animal repeatedly, but all in
vain. The dog barked louder and louder. At last, the man struck him
with the butt-end of the whip harder than he intended; for he only
wished to silence the dog.

The thoughtless man went on satisfied. After a while, he found that
he had lost his purse. He went back some miles, till, at last, he
saw his dog lying dead in the road with one paw over a purse.

The poor creature had staggered back to the place where he had seen
it fall, and, faithful to the last in spite of his master's cruelty,
even in death, guarded his property.

A knowledge of character, comprehension of language, or some other
faculty, beyond what we can explain, is often discovered in dogs.

There was a family who had given leave to two poor men to come and
saw wood, do chores, &c. One of these was very honest; the other
often took what did not belong to him.

The family dog took no especial notice of the honest man, and
treated him in a friendly way, but the thief he watched all the
time, to guard the property of the family.

Another dog was on board a vessel bound to some place in Europe. The
vessel was driven in a storm against a rocky coast, and struck under
a steep, perpendicular cliff perfectly inaccessible. It was evident
that if relief was not soon given, the vessel must go to pieces, and
the men all perish.

The dog leaped into the angry sea, and with some difficulty swam
ashore. He ran on till he came to the dwelling of a poor man, and
then barked loudly, till the owner was roused and came out.

The dog showed great joy at seeing him, ran towards the shore and
then back to him, and leaped upon him and licked his hands; this he
did repeatedly till the man followed him.

It was some distance to the shore; and, after a while, the man was
tired, thought it was foolish to go after the dog, and tur