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 fate of a gentleman revealed to his family by means of a terrier, [286]—a terrier in the Tower follows a soldier to find his master, [288]—Snob, [289]—a terrier suckles fox-cubs, [290]—brings assistance to his canine friend, [291]—returns from York to London, [292]—finds a thief in the cupboard, [292]—friendship between a terrier and bantam, [293]—traces his master to Gravesend, [294]—Peter, [295]—a terrier suckles a kitten, [295]—a terrier discovers where his master has travelled by the scent, [296]—nurses a brood of ducklings and chickens, [296]—brings his master's wife to the dead body of her husband, [297]—Keeper recognises his master's vessel after a long interval, [298].
THE SPANIEL.
Sings, [300]—affected by a particular air, [301]—gathers a water-lily, [303]—retrieves a wild duck, [303]—a grateful spaniel, [304]—faithful to his guillotined master, [304]—Dash, her intelligence and fidelity, [305]—gratitude for surgical assistance, [306]—spaniels in cover, [308]—the Clumber spaniels, [308]—Lord Albemarle's spaniels, [309]—suckling, [309]—friendship between a dog and cat, [310]—Rose travels from London to Worcester, [311]—recognition of his master after a long absence, [312]—friendship between a spaniel and partridge, [313]—a spaniel avoids being left behind, [315]—an adept in shoplifting, [316]—takes up his abode at a grave in St. Bride's churchyard, [317]—dies of grief for his dam's death, [317]—dogs of the poor the most affectionate, [318]—a spaniel takes up his abode in St. Olave's churchyard, [319]—causes a man to be executed for murder, [320]—saves the life of Mrs. Alderman Yearsley, [321]—a spaniel's recognition of his old master by scent, [323]—a King Charles spaniel alarms his mistress and saves her from being robbed, [324]—a spaniel knocks at the door, [326]—opens the gate to release other dogs, [326]—imitates his master in eating turnips, [327]—finds his way from Boston to Chepstow, [328]—prevents a cat from stealing meat, [329]—Mrs. Browning's lines on, [329].
THE POODLE.
The Shoeblack's poodle, [332]—two learned poodles exhibited at Milan, [332]—a poodle reminds the servant that he wants a walk, [336]—hides the whip, [336]—performance in a London theatre, [337]—finds his way from London to Inverary, [342]—supports himself during his master's absence, [342]—friendship with a terrier, [342]—discerns a rogue at first sight, and causes him to be detected, [343]—enjoys a glass of grog, [344]—carries three puppies a long distance, one at a time, [345]—fetches his master's slippers, &c., [346]—imitates the agonies of death, [346]—goes to church by habit without the family, the road being overflowed, [347]—watches over the dead body of his master, [347]—protects his master's body, [348]—climbs up a house in Wells Street, Oxford Street, [348]—anecdote of Froll, [349].
THE ESQUIMAUX DOG.
Traditions, [353]—Capt. Lyons' account of the, [354]—Col. Hamilton Smith's account of one, [359].