134 NATURAL HIS/(ORY IN ANECDOTE.

open and convenient road. Between the legs of the deer,
which he had guarded during the night against the beasts of
prey that might otherwise have seized upon it, he had
scratched a hole in the snow, and filled it with dry leaves
for his bed. The extraordinary sagacity which he had dis-
played upon this occasion rendered him doubly valuable to
us, and it therefore caused us very serious regret when, in
the ensuing summer, the poor animal went mad, possibly in
consequence of his exposure to the severe frost of that night,
and it became necessary for the gamekeeper to shoot him,
which he could not do without shedding tears. He said he
would willingly have given his best cow to save him; and I
confess myself that I would not have hesitated to part with
my best horse upon the same terms.”

The Spaniel. There are many varieties of the Spaniel of which
the Water Spaniel, the King Charles Spaniel, the Blenheim
and the Maltese Spaniels are the best known. The Water
Spaniels figure on some of the later monuments of Rome
and so prove their antiquity. Colonel Smith describes the
Spaniel as a small setter, with silky hair and fine long vil-
lous ears; black, brown pied, liver coloured, white and black-
and-white, the water spaniel differing from the other species
chiefly in his readiness to hunt and swim in the water and
the hair being somewhat harder to the touch. The spaniel
has a great affection for his master and is never tired of
testifying his appreciation of his kindness. Colonel Smith
mentions a dog allied to the spaniel race, who at the time
of his writing (April 1840) had been lying on the grave of
his mistress for three days, refusing all food, and was on that
day being forcibly removed. Spaniels are often very intel-
ligent, displaying the same sagacity as other and larger dogs
and in the same way. Mr. Jesse mentions a King Charles
spaniel who was locked by his master in a room in Vere
St. Clare Market, one afternoon about half past five, while he
went with his family to Drury Lane theatre. About eight