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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
IV
THE
ST.
BERNARD
The
history
of
the
St.
Bernard
dog
would
not
be
complete
without
reference
being
made
to
the
noble
work
that
he
has
done
in
Switzerland,
his
native
land:
how
the
Hospice
St.
Bernard
kept
a
considerable
number
of
dogs
which
were
trained
to
go
over
the
mountains
with
small
barrels
round
their
necks,
containing
restoratives,
in
the
event
of
their
coming
across
any
poor
travellers
who
had
either
lost
their
way,
or
had
been
overcome
by
the
cold.
We
have
been
told
that
the
intelligent
animals
saved
many
lives
in
this
way,
the
subjects
of
their
deliverance
often
being
found
entirely
buried
in
the
snow.
Handsome
as
the
St.
Bernard
is,
with
his
attractive
colour
and
markings,
he
is
a
cross-bred
dog.
From
the
records
of
old
writers
it
is
to
be
gathered
that
to
refill
the
kennels
at
the
Hospice
which
had
been
rendered
vacant
from
the
combined
catastrophes
of
distemper
and
the
fall
of
an
avalanche
which
had
swept
away
nearly
all
their
hounds,
the
monks
were
compelled
to
have
recourse
to
a
cross
with
the
Newfoundland
and
the
Pyrenean
sheepdog,
the
latter
not
unlike
the
St.
Bernard
in
size
and
appearance.
Then,
again,
there
is
no
doubt
whatever
that
at
some
time
the
Bloodhound
has
been
introduced,
and
it
is
known
for
a
certainty
that
almost
all
the
most
celebrated
St.
Bernards
in
England
at
the
present
time
are
closely
allied
to
the
Mastiff.
The
result
of
all
this
intermixture
of
different
breeds
has
been
the
production
of
an
exceedingly
fine
race
of
dogs,
which
form
one
of
the
most
attractive
features
at
our
dog
shows,
and
are
individually
excellent
guards
and
companions.
As
a
companion,
the
St.
Bernard
cannot
be
surpassed,
when
a
large
dog
is
required
for
the
purpose.
Most
docile
in
temperament
and
disposition,
he
is
admirably
suited
as
the
associate
of
a
lady
or
a
child.
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