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the dog , f 6 r the first time , followed his master up stairs , took his station under the bed , and could not be driven thence . In the dead of the night , the servant , not being aware of the presence of the dog , entered the room to execute his diabolical purpose , and being instantly seized by the dog , was secured , and confessed his intentions . The sagacity of the dog in this and the following instance is really unaccountable .
In the year 1791 , a stranger toot lodgings at a house inDeptford , and went away , saying he should send his trunk that night , and return himself the following day . The trunk arrived , carried by two porters , and was deposited in his bed-room . As the family were retiring to rest , a little house-dog deserting his usual station in the
shop , placed himself at the chamber-door , and barked incessantly until the door was opened , when he rushed in and flew to the chest , scratching and barking with fury . Upon the trunk being opened , out jumped the lodger , who was thus concealed for the purpose of robbing the house .
Who-does—not remember the beautiful lines of Sir "W alter Scott , on the melancholy death of George Grough , who lost his way in a fog , near Helvellyn mountain , and fell down a precipice , where his mangled bones were discovered three months afterwards , still attended by his faithful dog ?—>
" Dark green was that spot , ' mid the brown mountain heather , Where the pilgrim of nature lay stretched in decay ; Like the corpse of an outcast , abandoned to weather , Till the mountain winds wasted the tenantless clay . Nor yet quite deserted , tho * lonely extended , For , faithful in death , his mute fav'rite attended , The much-loved remains of his master defended , And chased the hill fox and the raven away . "
But proof sufficient has been adduced to show that animals are not " irrational , " many of them having been shown to possess some of those higher faculties which most dignify human nature , —reflection , contrivance , inference ; and in addition , love , gratitude , fidelity , and even inexplicable sagacity and forethought . We shall next endeavour to show that , as animals are not without reason , so man is not without his instincts . ( To be continued . )
The Emperor's Visit.
THE EMPEROE ' S VISIT .
Although in the sublime atmosphere of universal philanthropy which it breathes , Masonry occupies a sphere imperturbable by the fitful gusts of political passion , and like the sun , irradiates with unchanging smile of benevolence the earthquake or the fruitful field alike ; yet it loves to echo back sounds of amity amongst the nations of the world , and hails with joy signs of progressive harmony consistent with its own character and principle . The cosmopolite does
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the dog , f 6 r the first time , followed his master up stairs , took his station under the bed , and could not be driven thence . In the dead of the night , the servant , not being aware of the presence of the dog , entered the room to execute his diabolical purpose , and being instantly seized by the dog , was secured , and confessed his intentions . The sagacity of the dog in this and the following instance is really unaccountable .
In the year 1791 , a stranger toot lodgings at a house inDeptford , and went away , saying he should send his trunk that night , and return himself the following day . The trunk arrived , carried by two porters , and was deposited in his bed-room . As the family were retiring to rest , a little house-dog deserting his usual station in the
shop , placed himself at the chamber-door , and barked incessantly until the door was opened , when he rushed in and flew to the chest , scratching and barking with fury . Upon the trunk being opened , out jumped the lodger , who was thus concealed for the purpose of robbing the house .
Who-does—not remember the beautiful lines of Sir "W alter Scott , on the melancholy death of George Grough , who lost his way in a fog , near Helvellyn mountain , and fell down a precipice , where his mangled bones were discovered three months afterwards , still attended by his faithful dog ?—>
" Dark green was that spot , ' mid the brown mountain heather , Where the pilgrim of nature lay stretched in decay ; Like the corpse of an outcast , abandoned to weather , Till the mountain winds wasted the tenantless clay . Nor yet quite deserted , tho * lonely extended , For , faithful in death , his mute fav'rite attended , The much-loved remains of his master defended , And chased the hill fox and the raven away . "
But proof sufficient has been adduced to show that animals are not " irrational , " many of them having been shown to possess some of those higher faculties which most dignify human nature , —reflection , contrivance , inference ; and in addition , love , gratitude , fidelity , and even inexplicable sagacity and forethought . We shall next endeavour to show that , as animals are not without reason , so man is not without his instincts . ( To be continued . )
The Emperor's Visit.
THE EMPEROE ' S VISIT .
Although in the sublime atmosphere of universal philanthropy which it breathes , Masonry occupies a sphere imperturbable by the fitful gusts of political passion , and like the sun , irradiates with unchanging smile of benevolence the earthquake or the fruitful field alike ; yet it loves to echo back sounds of amity amongst the nations of the world , and hails with joy signs of progressive harmony consistent with its own character and principle . The cosmopolite does