strate master till he came to himself. He
has been known to stand at his post during the whole of the night. If
any one came near, he would gallop round him, kicking out his heels; or
rearing and biting, if an attempt were made to touch him. Thus the man
and animal changed places, the intelligent brute protecting both himself
and his brutalised master.

I have a word to say even on this subject. Beware lest you take the
first step which may lead you to become like the man I have described.
You cannot expect, like him, to have a sagacious horse to watch over
you. Yet, at the same time, do not be less faithful to an erring
companion than were those noble steeds to their owners; watch over and
protect him to the utmost. Learn to be kind to the thankful and to the
unthankful.

JACK AND HIS DRIVER.

Mr Smiles, in his Life of Rennie, tells us of a horse called Jack, who
showed himself to be fully as sensible as the two animals just
mentioned.

Jack's business was to draw the stone trucks along the tramway during
the erection of Waterloo Bridge. Near at hand was a beer-shop,
frequented by the navvies and carters. Jack's driver, named Tom, was an
honest fellow, and very kind to Jack, but too fond of spending more time
than he ought to have done in the beer-shop. Jack, though a restive
animal, got accustomed to Tom's habits, and waited patiently till an
overlooker startled him into activity. On one occasion, however, the
superintendent being absent, Tom took so long a spell at the ale that
Jack became restive, and the trace fastenings being long enough, the
animal put his head inside the beerhouse door, and seizing the
astonished Tom by the collar with his teeth, dragged him out to his duty
at the truck. Great in consequence became the fame of Jack amongst the
host of labourers.

Like famous Jack, do not hesitate to remind a friend of his duty, even
though you have to seize him by the collar and drag him away to perform
it.

THE HORSE WHICH FOUGHT FOR A DOG.

I have given several instances of friendship existing between horses and
dogs.

A fine hunter had formed a friendship with a handsome greyhound which
slept in the stable with him, and generally accompanied him when taken
out for exercise. When the greyhound accompanied his master in his
walks, the horse would look over his shoulder, and neigh in a manner
which plainly said, Let me go also; and when the dog returned, he was
received with an unmistakab