The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . age, whowas climbing on the face of a rock in the Grange quarry,Edinburgh, in search of birds nests, fell into the deep poolbelow. His companion ran awaj-, calling for help, and acrowd soon collected. A housecarpenter who was pre-sent, ran ofi to the Grange House, for Sir Thomas Lan-ders Newfoundland dog. The animal immediately sprangin the pool, and made for the place, where the body,though under water, was still visible. He dived once ortwice, and, seizing the boys head, which chanced to beuppermost, he in vain attempted to bring the
The Cabinet of natural history and American rural sports . age, whowas climbing on the face of a rock in the Grange quarry,Edinburgh, in search of birds nests, fell into the deep poolbelow. His companion ran awaj-, calling for help, and acrowd soon collected. A housecarpenter who was pre-sent, ran ofi to the Grange House, for Sir Thomas Lan-ders Newfoundland dog. The animal immediately sprangin the pool, and made for the place, where the body,though under water, was still visible. He dived once ortwice, and, seizing the boys head, which chanced to beuppermost, he in vain attempted to bring the body ashore;for, as if aware of the necessity of using the most gentletreatment to so vulnerable a part, he took so gentle a hold,that the head slipped from him, and the body sunk deeperand deeper at every successive attempt. Again he dived,and appeared on the surface raising the head gently be-tween his two forepaws, but again it slipped from hisgrasp, and sunk deeper than ever. The dog now seemedto take council with himself; he made one or two circles. AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS. over the place where the body had disappeared, and thendived. He remained under water so long, that the by-standers began to entertain considerable fears for his length, to the great satisfactionof those present, he ap-peared holding the corpse by the arm, and with his headthrown aside, so as to keep the head of his burthen clearabove the water, and in this way he bore it to the body was immediately taken to a house, and all ex-ertions and means were used to restore the body to anima-tion, but in vain. The dog would not leave the body,but stand by it, licking the face, and exhibiting his fullshare of the sympathy excited by this melancholy catas-trophe. There was not the slightest scratch on the boyshead or face.—Scotsman. BLUE CRANE, OR HERON. [Plate XIV. Vol. 2.] ^rct. Zool. No. 351.—Catesby, i, 76.—Le Crabierbleu Buff. vii. 398.—Sloax. Jam. ii, 315.— V. 3 p. 7
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