. The dog, its varieties and management in health, by "Stonehenge" [pseud.] with its diseases and their treatment. Dog breeds; Dogs. Useful Covipanions of Alan. 59 the low countries pass over the mountains. During this inclement season all travellers from Martigny are desired to pass the night at the first house of refuge. Every morning a servant, accompanied by a St. Bernard dog, descends from the hospice to take all the travellers under his direction. The dog leads the way, for he can not only discover the buried traveller by his marvellous. St Bernard. powers of scent, but he can
. The dog, its varieties and management in health, by "Stonehenge" [pseud.] with its diseases and their treatment. Dog breeds; Dogs. Useful Covipanions of Alan. 59 the low countries pass over the mountains. During this inclement season all travellers from Martigny are desired to pass the night at the first house of refuge. Every morning a servant, accompanied by a St. Bernard dog, descends from the hospice to take all the travellers under his direction. The dog leads the way, for he can not only discover the buried traveller by his marvellous. St Bernard. powers of scent, but he can also to a certainty keep the track, in spite of snowstorms and bewildering drifts. The dogs have been used by the monks in these ways, and in no other, for years, and they have acquired a well- deserved high reputation for perseverance, sagacity, and power of scent. " The old breed died out many years ago, and we doubt whether the monks have possessed the present race of dogs more than forty or fifty Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888; Armatage, George (Stonehenge, pseud. ). London, Frederick Warne and Co
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