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would pick his master’s hat out from a number of others
of the same kind, or indeed almost any article of his master’s
from a group of similar articles. He would ring the bell to
summon the servants, and if there was no bell rope in the
room, find and use the hand bell with equal facility. A
comb was hidden on the top of a mantel-piece in the room,
and the dog required to bring it, which he almost immediately
did, although in the search he found a number of articles
also belonging to his master, purposely strewed around, all of
which he passed over, and brought the identical comb which
he was required to find, fully proving that he was not guided
by the sense of smell, but that he perfectly understood what
was spoken to him. One evening some gentlemen being
in company, one of them accidentally dropped a shilling on
the floor, which, after the most careful search, could not be
found. Mr. M. seeing his dog sitting in a corner, and looking
as if quite unconscious of what was passing, said to him,
“Dandie, find us the shilling and you shall have a biscuit.”
The dog immediately jumped upon the table and laid down
the shilling, which he had previously picked up without
having been perceived. Mr. M. having one evening supped
with a friend, on his return home could not find his boot-
jack in the place where it usually lay. He then said to his
dog, “Dandie, I cannot find my boot-jack,—search for it.”
The faithful animal, quite sensible of what had been said
to him, scratched at the room-door, which his master
opened. Dandie proceeded to a very distant part of the
house, and returned carrying in his mouth the boot-jack,
which Mr. M. then recollected to have left that morning
under a sofa. A number of gentlemen, well acquainted
with Dandie, were daily in the habit of giving him a penny
which he took to a baker’s shop and purchased bread for
himself. One of these gentlemen, who lived in James’ Square,
when passing was accosted by Dandie, in expectation of his
usual present. Mr. T. said to him, “I have not a penny
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