ts to find a good
ship and a good captain by many of New York's most prominent merchants
and ship-owners, who take a deep interest in the school. The instruction
on board the _St. Mary's_ is so thorough that graduates have very little
trouble, if they are diligent and smart, in finding situations, and
after a voyage or two they generally rise to the position of second
mate.

FRIENDSHIPS OF ANIMALS.

A very sharp fox-terrier belonging to the writer never could be induced
to regard a cat in any other light than that of an enemy. Having to go
and live in a house where a cat was kept, the first thing the dog did
was to turn the cat out. As mice, however, were troublesome, and as the
terrier, even with the best intentions, could not banish them, another
cat was considered necessary; so a kitten was secured, and in due time
introduced to its future companion the fox-terrier.

The little cat put up its back and spat at the dog, which was at last
made to understand that it was to leave the kitten alone. For some days
the two animals regarded one another with suspicion; at length the cat
came up and licked the dog's nose. From that hour their friendship was
established. They became inseparable; then the kitten soon discovered
that the dog's tail and ears made excellent play-things, and in the
meekest and most submissive manner the dog allowed the kitten to pull it
about as much as it pleased. Very often, however, the dog felt inclined
to play; then for about five or ten minutes the two would rush round the
room; but it generally ended in the cat retiring under part of the
furniture, to escape being somewhat roughly upset by the impetuous
rushes of its canine playmate. Sometimes, when the kitten wanted to
play, nothing could induce the dog to get up, and at other times the
kitten would take no notice of the dog's pressing offers of a romp.

When lying still and dozing, the two were generally to be found close
together, and at night the cat invariably curled itself up on the dog's
back, and so went to sleep; but curiously enough, although the dog made
no objection to this arrangement, it would not on any account get up
into its bed if the cat was there first. On one occasion, and one only,
the two were seen in a very comical position. The dog was sitting up on
the hearth-rug, solemnly gazing into the fire. The cat, which was still
in its kittenhood, went up and jumped on to the dog's head. There it
sat, with its tail cur