elpless master, 217--saves his
master from being frozen to death, 219--his master having broken
his arm sends home his dog for assistance, 220--a colley punishes
a tailor's dog for worrying his flock, 221--the sheep-stealing
colley, 222--a colley distinguishes diseased sheep, 228--the
Ettrick Shepherd's story of the dog Chieftain, 230--a colley feeds
his master's lost child on the Grampian Hills, 232--the shepherds'
dogs of North Wales, 235--training a colley, 238.
THE ST. BERNARD DOG.
Mrs. Houston's lines on the, 240--peculiar intelligence of,
241--the monks and their dogs, 242--a dog saves a woman's life,
243--intuitive foreboding of danger, 244--a dog saves a child,
245--revenges his ill-treated master, 247--a St. Bernard dog named
Barry saves forty lives, 248--destruction of a whole party by an
avalanche, 249.
THE BLOODHOUND.
Habits of the bloodhound, 251--its remarkable scent, 252--pursuit
of Wallace with a bloodhound, 253--bloodhounds employed for
hunting negroes in Cuba, 253--a bloodhound traces a miscreant
twenty miles, 255--Sir W. Scott's description of a bloodhound,
255--extract from Wanley's "Wonders," 256--a bloodhound discovers
a lost child, 257--the Spanish chasseurs and their dogs, 258--a
sheepstealer discovered by a bloodhound, 260--atrocities of the
Spaniards, 261.
THE TERRIER.
Its varieties, 265--Peter, 266--a terrier kills a child from
jealousy, 268--pines to death from jealousy, 268--guards a lady in
her walks, 269--affection of a terrier, 269--Sir Walter Scott's
description of Wasp, 270--brings assistance to his imprisoned
master, 271--gets a friend to pay his boat-hire, 272--Mrs.
Grosvenor's dog, 273--a bell-ringing and message-carrying terrier,
273--a dog knows his mistress's dress, and follows the wearer,
274--anecdotes of a terrier at Hampton Court, 274--a terrier saves
his master from being burnt to death, 277--suckles a rat,
277--tries to prevent his master from beating his son, 278--Pincer
seeks assistance in dislodging rats, 278--a terrier rescues her
two drowned pups, 280--seeks assistance in getting a bone,
281--gets a lady to ring the bell for him, 282--flies at the
throat of a man who attacks his master, 282--a grateful terrier,
283--attachment to a cat, 283--clever expedient of two
affectionate dogs, 284--Snap, 285--the
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