possess so fine a nose, that they can . smell a man at a distance of several miles, when the wind is favourable.

DURING that destructive war which for a space of thirty years desolated all Germay, till it was terminated by the peace of Westphalia, the carriers who conducted the inland traffic of the country, used to unite themselves into large companies for their mutual defence, in order that they might travel with greater security against the marauding parties, which at that time infested every part of the empire.

One of these carriers had a horse of an extremely vicious disposition, and greatly addicted to biting and kicking, from which even his master was

not always secure, and which often embroiled him with his fellow-travellers. As they were one evening attacked in a ravine by three hungry wolves, which, after a long contest, they found they should hardly be able to compel to quit them without making some prey, they agreed among themselves that they would pay the owner of the vicious horse the price of his beast, and make a sacrifice of him to the wolves. The bargain was concluded, and the horse having been taken out of the harness and turned loose, the wolves immediately attacked him. He, however, defended himself courageously with his teeth and heels, retreating at the same time into the interior of the forest, while the carriers availed themselves of the opportunity to hasten on to a place of

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security, not a little rejoiced at having got rid of so troublesome a companion, so much to their advantage.

As they were sitting at supper in the inn, where they stopped for the night, a knocking was heard at the house door, which being opened by the maid, a horse pushed in his head. The girl, frightened, shrieked out and called to the carriers, who, coming to the door, were no less surprised than rejoiced to see the heroic conqueror of the three wolves, though much wound, ed, yet still faithful to his master; and on account of his meritorious conduct upon this occasion, they agreed to forgive him his former misdemeanours, and to retain him in their company,

A YOUNG Norwegian had frequently hired a horse of a peasant in his neighbourhood, which he liked much to ride on account of the goodness of his paces. Having subsequently settled in a foreign country, he after some time returned to visit his family: by this opportunity he also called upon the peasant, and enquired after his horse. The man told him, with tears in his eyes, that the horse was dead. Being asked what was the cause of the emotion he displayed, he related the following anecdote.-Having one day taken a ride upon that horse to a neighbouring town, he was so well entertained by some friends there, that in returning home he found his head too heavy for him to keep a firm seat in his saddle; the horse regulated his

pace as well as he could, according to the circumstances of his rider; but coming to a clayey ascent, where the road was slippery on account of some rain that had fallen, he could not take such sure steps as before, and the man was thrown to the ground with one of his feet hanging in the stirrup. The horse immediately stopped, and twisted his body in various directions, in order to extricate his master, but in vain. At length, after having surveyed him for some time, as he lay on the ground unable to help himself, he stooped, and laying hold of the brim of his hat, raised his head a little by it, but the hat slipping off, the man remained lying on the ground as before. The horse then laid hold of the collar of his coat, and raised him by it so far from the ground, that he could draw