foundland in form, he is regarded as a mastiff. When he is adorned with a robe of long, curly, buff-colored hair, he is much admired. When, in the Alps, his friends the monks go out in search of the bewildered and lost traveler, the dog runs before them, clearing away the snow, and raising a deep, loud bark, which is pleasant music to the perishing.

The Romans, when they conquered the island of Britain, were so highly pleased with the dogs they found there, that they appointed an officer whose business it was to collect these fine mastiffs and send them to Rome.

Here they were made to fight wild animals in the amphitheater.

The English mastiff is very large. His coat of smooth, yellow hair trimmed with black makes him attractive. He is kind to the children and the household to which he belongs, but severe to the trespasser. His cousin, the bull-dog, seizes his victim in silence. The mastiff gives one deep bark, as if to say, "Look out, I am here!" The monstrous little pug is a mastiff, and is regarded as most beautiful when he is ugliest.

The restless, pattering, jumping, dancing, digging little terrier shows how each kind of dog is born to its work.

The spaniel and the hound scent the duck and the fox, but care nothing for the rat. The terrier rejoices even in a rat-hole; likes nothing

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The color of the English terrier is black and tan. His tail is much like that of a rat. Scotch terrier has a short, rough, dirt-colored coat. The Skye terrier has short legs, a long body, and is covered with long, light-brown hair, which often entirely covers his eyes. If the hair

is cut away, the eyes become weak.

All terriers, as their name indicates, are earthdiggers. The fox terrier, nearly all white, is the most desperate digger of all. Wherever he is allowed to roam, not a rat, nor a rabbit, nor a woodchuck can hope to have any peace.

3. REMARKABLE DOINGS OF DOGS.

DOGS often bury bones or other food for future use. In performing this act, a common dog in West Virginia proved either that he was tender-hearted, or that he was cunning and liked a little fun.

One day he was holding a living rabbit in his mouth, while with his feet he dug a pit. When he had finished the hole, he pressed the unwilling victim into it, covered it as quickly as he could, and, patting the dirt with his paws, went away a short distance, and lay down to watch the result.

Presently, bunny thinking that it was both improper for him to be buried alive and safe to make his escape, jumped up and started off on a run. Towser soon caught him, and buried him again. Three times did the poor little fellow res

urrect himself, and each time the dog caught and buried him. On the fourth trial, however, the dog thought bunny would lie more quietly if he were dead. He then shook the life out of him, and buried him with success.

"One morning," says a writer in the Animal World, "I was surprised to find that my dog had five pups, three of which were nearly exhausted from cold. I carried them into the house, and the mother followed me, evidently wondering what I was about to do with her offspring. By the aid of warm flannel, two of the little creatures soon showed signs of active life; but the third died, and I threw it out on a heap of rubbish.

"Two days afterward, I gave the mother-dog a run, when, on passing the heap of rubbish, she stood still for a moment, scented the air, and bounded to the ash-heap.

"Little thinking what she was after, I called her several times, but to no purpose. Finally she came, bringing the dead pup in her mouth. After allowing me a sight of it, she started off in the direction of the house, where she went to the hearth, and laid the pup carefully by the fire.

"Then she tugged at my trouser-leg, ran to her lifeless young, and taking it in her mouth, held it up and looked at it, as if she would say,

F. A.--2.

You took the others and brought them to life; please do the same to this.'

A Skye terrier, owned by a gentleman in Baltimore, proved one day that it could feel ashamed of a dishonest act. The master had always treated the terrier well; in fact, it had never been punished.

On the occasion referred to, the gentleman was at his table. Near the edge of the table the Skye saw a cutlet, and yielded to the temp

was slyly seized and taken under the sofa. The gentleman pretended not to see the theft. But the conscience of the lit

tle dog soon got the better of its hunger. It brought the cutlet back, laid it at the feet of its master, hung its head in shame, and slunk away.

PART 2.

A SMALL terrier fell from the wharf in San Francisco into the bay. He could not get up the high wall of the wharf, neither could any one of the crowd that gathered reach him, and he swam about in despair. Just at the moment