Addison says, that a dog has been the companion of man for nearly 6,000 years, and has learned of him only one of his vices; that is to worry his species when he finds them in distress. Tie a tin canister to a dog’s tail, and another will fall upon him; put a man in prison for debt, and another will lodge a detainer against him.

Horace Walpole, speaking of the opening of the budget one year, says, “The rest of the night was spent in a kind of avoirdupoise war.”

A witness under examination in an Irish court of justice, had just stated that he was suddenly roused from his slumbers by a blow on the head. “And how did you find yourself?” asked the examining counsel, “Fast asleep,” replied the witness.

An officer whom Louis XIV. had been strongly solicited to appoint to a certain situation, was presented to him. “This gentleman,” said the king, “is too old.” “Sire,” replied the officer, with much tact, “I am only four years older than your majesty, and I calculate upon serving you for five-and-twenty years to come.” The king appointed him to the situation.

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See Mirror, vol. xi. p. 2.

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Athenæum, No. 180—an opinion to which we beg to subscribe.

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A town of Hindoostan, in Travancore.

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Wilson, Amer. Ornith. v. 15.

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Oiseaux, p 189.

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19 Henry VII. c. 11.

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I James, c. 27, s. 2.

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Pennant, Brit. Zool. ii. 341.

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Northumberland Household Book, p. 104.

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Jennings Ornithologia, p. 199, note.

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Ornith. Dict. Art. Heron.

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J.R.

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Belon, Oiseaux, p. 189

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