Volumes have been filled with anecdotes of the sagacity and affection of dogs. The few which follow have been selected from the many hundred which might be given.

A grocer in Edinburgh had a dog which was the amusement and wonder of the neighborhood. A man who went through the streets ringing a bell and selling penny pies, happened one day to treat this dog to a pie. The next time he heard the pie-man's bell, the dog ran to him with impetuosity, seized him by the coat, and would not suffer him to pass. The man, who understood what the animal wanted, showed him a penny, and pointed to his master, who stood at the street door and saw what was going on. The dog immediately supplicated his master by many humble gestures and looks. The master put a penny into the dog's mouth, which he instantly delivered to the pie-man, and received his pie. This traffic between.

the pie-man and the grocer's dog continued to be daily practised for many months.

At a convent in France, twenty poor people were served with a daily dinner. A dog belonging to the convent did not fail to be always present, to receive the scraps which were now and then thrown to him. The portions were served by a person at the ring of a bell, and delivered out by a certain machine, that by turning round on a pivot, conveys the food to whoever needs it, without discovering the person who distributes it.

One day the dog had received what he thought less than his share, and determined to see what he could do for himself. He waited till all the visiters were gone, and then took the rope in his mouth, and rang the bell. His trick succeeded. He repeated it the next day, and continued to repeat it with the same good fortune.

The cook at length discovered that twenty-one portions were given out, instead of twenty, and watched to discover the intruder. He noticed the different persons that came for their dinner, and saw that they all had a right there. Imagine his astonishment when he saw the dog, who had waited with great deliberation till the visiters had gone, proceed with the utmost coolness to pull the bell. The matter was related to the convent, the dog was permitted to ring the bell every day for his dinner, and a mess of broken victuals was always afterwards served out to him.

Mr. C. Hughes, a country comedian, had a wig which generally hung on a peg in one of his rooms. He one

day lent the wig to a brother player, and some time afterwards called on him." Mr. Hughes had his dog with him, and the man happened to have the borrowed wig on his head. Mr. Hughes stayed a little while with his friend; but, when he left him, the dog remained behind. For some time he stood looking full in the man's face; then, making a sudden spring, he leaped on his shoulders, seized the wig and ran off with it as fast as he could. When he reached home, he endeavoured, by jumping, to hang it up in its usual place

In the year 1825, there was a dog constantly to be seen in St. Bride's church yard, in London, which for two years had refused to leave the place where his master was buried. He did not appear miserable; he evidently recollected their old friendship and imagined that it would again be renewed. The inhabitants of the houses round the church daily fed the poor creature, and the sexton built him a little kennel. But he would never quit the spot, and there he died.

THE PRONG HORNED ANTELOPE.

This animal has a graceful form and slender head, with large eyes, and long and delicate limbs. The horns are black and rise directly upwards. The upper parts of the body are of a clear yellowish brown colour, the under parts are pure white.

The Prong-horned Antelopes are found on the banks of the Saskatchawan, and on the plains of the Columbia, to

the west of the Rocky Mountains. They frequent open prairies and low hills, interspersed with clumps of wood. During the summer, they feed on the grass of the plains,

but retire to the mountains at the commencement of winter, and subsist there during that season on leaves and shrubs.

The Indian hunters have recourse to various tricks in order to bring the Antelope within gun shot. These are lying down on their backs, and kicking their heels in the air, holdino un a white rag; or clothing themselves in a

white shirt, and showing themselves only at intervals. In this manner the curiosity of a herd of Antelopes is so much roused that they wheel round the object of their attention, and at length approach near enough to enable the hunter to make sure of his mark.

They are not much sought after, however, by the Indians, as their skins are of no value, and their flesh is palatable only when no better is to be procured.

THE GAZELLE, OR ANTELOPE.

The Gazelle is, for the most part, more delicately and finely limbed than even the roe-buck; its hair is as short, but finer and more glossy. In swiftness it surpasses the deer, running and springing with vast bounds, and leaping with surprising activity. It frequently stops for a moment in the midst of its course, to gaze at its pursuers, and then resume its flight. Of all the animals. in the world, it has the most beautiful eye, which is at once meek, and yet extremely brilliant.

The Gazelles are, in general, inhabitants of the warmer climates, and contribute, among other ornaments, to add beauty to those forests that are forever green. They are often seen feeding in herds on the sides of the mountains, or in the shade of the woods; and fly all together upon the smallest approaches of danger. They bound with such swiftness, and are so very shy, that dogs or men vainly attempt to pursue them.

Of this numerous tribe of animals, there is perhaps no