I must not omit that occafionally they are much pleased with twigs of hawthorn, and of the common briar, eating even the very wood when it is of confiderable thickness. Befs, I have faid, died young; Tiney lived to be nine years old, and died at laft, I have reafon to think, of fome hurt in his loins by a fall; Pufs is ftill living, and has just completed his tenth year, discovering no figns of decay, nor even of age, except that he is grown more discreet and lefs frolicfome than he was. I cannot conclude without obferving, that I have lately introduced a dog to his acquaintance, a spaniel that had never seen a hare to a hare that had never feen a spaniel. I did it with great caution, but there was no real need of it. Pufs difcovered no token of fear, nor Marquis the leaft fymptom of hoftility. There is therefore, it should seem, no natural antipathy between dog and hare, but the pursuit of the one occafions the flight of the other, and the dog pursues because he is trained to it: they eat bread at the same time out of the fame hand, and are in all respects fociable and friendly. I should not do complete juftice to my subject did I not add, that they have no ill fcent belonging to them, that they are indefatigably nice in keeping themselves clean, for which purpose ñature has fur nished them with a brush under each foot; and that they are never infefted by any vermin. MAY 28, 1784. Memorandum found among Mr. Cowper's papers. Tuesday, March 9, 1786. This day died poor Pufs, aged eleven years eleven months. She died between twelve and one at noon, of mere old age, and apparently without pain. THE END. T. Eenfley, Printer, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. On the Grave of the sport Cowper in A. Camung Chapel, at East Dereham, in Norfolf . by M. Hayley. In Memor of William Cowfles Esq. Born in tertfordshire, 17, Buried in this Chapel 10 ye who with warm the the public triumph fed Of talents, dignified by sacres Beal Here, to Devotion's Bard devoutly just, Pay your ford tribute due to Cowper's dust! England, exulting in his spot less fone ; Banks with her dearest sons. his fav'site name : ر |