Anecdotes of Dogs

by Edward Jesse

CONTENTS.

Introduction—Value, propensities, and origin of the dog, [1] et passim—the wolf partially domesticated, [6]—wild dogs of Ceylon, [15]—Sir Walter Scott's bull-dog terrier Camp, [16]—the dog and the pieman, [17]—death of a dog from affection for its deceased mistress, [18]—frozen fowls rescued by a house-dog, [19]—Sir R. Brownrigg's dog, [19]—the author's terrier Phiz, [20]—a dog fond of travelling by himself, [20]—runaway horse caught by a dog, [21]—lost money guarded by, [21]—dogs can reckon time, [22]—death of a dog from joy at the return of his master, [22]—faithfulness of a dog to its charge, [24]—the dog's character influenced by that of its master, [25]—sense of smelling, [26]—duel about a dog, [28]—murder prevented by, [29]—a faithful dog killed by mistake, [30]—sporting anecdotes of Smoaker, Bachelor, Blunder, &c., [31]—intelligence of the dog, [42]—tact in cat-hunting, [44]—find their way home from long distances, [46]—bantam rescued from a game cock, [46]—perception of right and wrong, [47]—turkey punished for gluttony, [48]—speaking dogs, [48]-9—a singing dog, [50]—creatures of habit, [50]—Caniche and the breeches, [51]—distinguishes his master's customers, [54]—a robber killed by a dog, [55]—Dr. Hooper's dog, [55]—the fireman's dog, Tyke, [56]—the fireman's dog, Bill, [60]—dog used as a servant, [61]—Mr. Backhouse's dog, [62]—the post-dog's revenge, [62]—dog returns from Bangalore to Pondicherry, [63]—Mr. Decouick's dog, [63]—a dog saves human life, [64]—guards a chair dropped from a waggon, [64]—rescues his master from an avalanche, [64]—spaniel tracks his master to Drury Lane, and discovers him in the pit, [65]—large dog rescues a small one from drowning, [65]—a canine messenger, [66]—contrivance of a Newfoundland to get a bun, [67]—dog lost for nine weeks in the dome of St. Paul's, [67]—support themselves in a wild state, [69]—laughable account of the transmigration of souls in connexion with dogs, [71]—sheep-dogs in the Pyrenees, [76]—Mrs. S. C. Hall's dog, [77]—musical spaniel of Darmstadt, [77]—Lord Grenville's lines on the dog, [82].

THE IRISH AND HIGHLAND WOLF-DOG.

History of the Irish wolf-dog, [86] et seq. passim—supposed recognition of a wolf-dog of the Irish blood royal, [86]—lines on the Irish wolf-dog, [88]—anecdotes from Plutarch, [89]—the dog of Montargis, [90]—the dog of Aughrim, [93]—wolf-hunting in Tyrone, [94]—sheep-killing wolf-dog, [107]—Buskar and Bran, [112]—incident with Lord Ossulton's hounds, [116]—Bruno and O'Toole, [117]—a deer-hound recovers a glove from a boy, [119]—Sir W. Scott's dog Maida, [120]—a deer-hound detains a suspicious person, [120]—follows a wounded deer for three days, [121]—Comhstri drowns a stag, [122]—Scotch dogs much prized in England, [123]—Llewellyn and Beth Gelert, [124]—Lady Morgan on the Irish wolf-dog, [127].

THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.

Character, &c., [133]—saves people from drowning, [135]—Baby, [136]—saves a child from being run over, [136]—saves a spaniel from being drowned, [137]—saves a gentleman from drowning at Portsmouth, [138]—saves a man in a mill-stream, [138]—calculating dogs, [138]—Sabbath party disturbed by a dog, [139]—Archdeacon Wix's dog, [140]—a Newfoundland brings away breeches containing money belonging to his master, [143]—commits suicide, [145]—saves a coachman in the Thames, [146]—tries to drown a spaniel, [147]—uses his paw as a fishing-bait, [148]—in carrying two hats puts one inside other, [148]—three dogs previously enemies unite against a common foe, [149]—a dog saves his drowning enemy, [151]—releases himself and companions from captivity, [152]—a swimming-wager amusingly lost by a dog's care, [153]—the dog as postman, [153]—swims for ten hours in a tempestuous sea, [153]—saves his dead master's pocket-book, [154]—Lord Grenville's lines on the, [155]—Newfoundland dog ducks his aggressor, [157]—carries a rope to the shore, [158]—saves an ungrateful master, [158]—guardian of a lady's honour, [160]—anecdotes of Mr. M'Intyre's dog Dandie, [160]-5—a Newfoundland causes the detection of a dishonest porter, [165]—saves twelve persons from drowning, [166]—watches over his drunken master, [167]—his humanity occasions a disturbance at Woolwich Theatre, [167]—carries a lanthorn before his master, [168]—saves the lives of all on board the Durham Packet, [170]—drowns a pet lamb out of jealousy, [171]—rescues a canary which had flown into the sea, [171]—saves his old master from robbers, [173]—St. John's and Labrador dogs, [176]—long remembrance of injuries, [177]—discovers a poacher, [178]—discretion and revenge, [178]—returns from Berwick to London, [179]—the Romans had some dog of the same kind, [179]—liberates a man who had fallen into a gravel-pit, [180]—Boatswain provides his mistress a dinner, [181]—a trespasser detained, [181]—Victor at the Battle of Copenhagen, [182]—a Newfoundland dog retrieves on the ice, [182]—fetches a coat from the tailor's, [183]—lines by Lord Eldon, [184].

THE COLLEY OR SHEPHERD'S DOG.

Saves the life of Mr. Satterthwaite, [186]—the Ettrick Shepherd's dog, Sirrah, collects a scattered flock at midnight, [188]—Hector, [189]—points the cat, [191]—has an ear for music, [194]—hears where his master is going, and precedes him, [196]—a wonderful sheep-dog, [199]—a bitch having pupped deposits her young in the hills, and afterwards fetches them home, [201]—cunning of sheep-stealing dogs, [202]-5—a sheep-dog dies of starvation whilst tending his charge, [206]—discrimination of a sheep-dog, [207]—a sheep-dog remembers all the turnings of a road, [208]—follows a young woman who had borrowed his mistress's cloak, [211]—Drummer saves a cow, [212]—Cæsar rescues his master from an avalanche, [213]—a sheep-dog snatches away a beggar's stick, [214]—a colley conducts the flock whilst his master is drinking, [214]—dishonesty punished, [215]—a sporting colley, [216]—a colley buries her drowned offspring, [217]—brings assistance to her helpless 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].