In uncivilized life they perhaps are more one ov the necessitys, az they quite often are cooked, and eaten whole.
Among the civilized, if they ever do git onto a bill ov fare, (ov which i have mi own private doubts,) they are more artisktly handled, and enter into hash, or sassage, not az the leading artikle, but more tew kreate a good average.
But i am not now disposed to treat ov dogs az vittles, but as the companyun ov man, hiz pet, and hiz partner.
The Nu foundland dog iz a natiff ov the place whare the nobel kodfish iz kaught.
He dont liv in the water, like the kodfish, but unlike the kodfish, livs on the land.
Hiz principal amuzement iz saving life, and i am told that thare iz hardly a man, or a woman, in all Nu foundland, but what haz had their lives saved several times by these wonderful dogs.
They are taken from Nu foundland to various parts ov the world, and are kept for the purpose ov dragging the drowning from a watery grave.
Yu will find them in mountaneous countrys, whare thare aint enny water, but little brooks. Here they dont hav mutch to do, in their line ov bizzness, and git verry fatt.
But i am told, that even here, they dont forget their natur, and kan often be seen looking down into the wells, after drowning men.
This shows the grate power ov instinkt, and the force ov bizzness habits, alwus looking for a job.