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followed an apprentice into the stable on the first opportunity,
and scratching away the rubbish exposed the money to view,
thus leading to the detection of the thief. It is of course
easy to claim too much for actions apparently so intelligent
and in estimating them coincidence has to be allowed for;
but they are far too numerous to be ignored in estimating
canine character. An instance is recorded of a quiet docile
dog who refused to allow a visitor to leave a stable, when
it was discovered that the man had secreted a bridle in his
pocket.
The Newfound- Many illustrations might be given of the
land’s Fidelity. fidelity which the Newfoundland shows in
common with other dogs, but one or two must suffice. A
story is told of a dog who picked up a coin which his
master had dropped from his purse, and which he kept in
his mouth all day, refusing food until his master’s return
in the evening, when he laid it at his feet, and then attacked
his dinner voraciously; another of a dog who on being sent
home by his master with a key which he had inadvertently
taken with him, was attacked by a dog belonging to a butcher,
but who declined the combat until he had delivered the
key, but immediately returned and attacking the butcher’s
dog killed him. In the first case the dog suffered the natural
pangs of hunger rather than hazard his master’s property, and
in the second he postponed the gratification of his natural
feeling of revenge until after the execution of his duty.

The Newfound. Lhe tricks to which dogs can be trained,
land under though often amusing enough, have not the
Training. interest which attaches to the natural display

of their faculties, and yet of course there is plenty of scope

for the trained dog to supplement his culture by the exercise
of his natural gifts, and this he often does. Perhaps one of
the most remarkable of trained Newfoundland dogs, was the
one possessed by Mr. McIntyre of Regent Bridge, Edinburgh.
This dog was trained to perform all kinds of tricks. He