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Title: Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Miller, Conrad Jenness, 1842-
Subjects: Dogs Dogs
Publisher: New York, J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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we learn, They tell it in prose and in rhyme:What gives him eternal renown, Is a story that lives for all time—He saved forty lives that illumine his crown, And leaves a memory forever sublime. Following is a picture of the noblest and mostillustrious dog of which history has made any record.He belonged to the Hospice on the great St. Bernard moun-tain in Switzerland, and his occupation was to search forlost mountain climbers, which he did with fidelity andcourage. For twelve years his life was devoted to facing IN PROSE AND RHYME. 13 blinding snowstorms, climbing up mountain steeps, ven-turing along dangerous precipices and across treacherousglaciers, and as a result of his untiring work for unfortu-nate men he has to his credit the saving of more than fortylives. Perhaps all of the readers of this book are not familiarwith the object of the Hospice on the St. Bernard. Itwas established hundreds of years ago for the purpose ofgiving shelter, food, and medical treatment to unfortu-
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nate travellers who lose their bearings or meet with misfor-tune such as mountain climbers are liable to experience.All persons, without regard to religion or nationality, arehospitably received and cared for, no charge being made—one can give what he wishes, or nothing; but nearlyeveryone who is entertained there drops something whenleaving, into a box placed at the door. The dogs belonging to the Hospice are taught to searchthe mountains for lost ones, and when tourists have lost 14 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS their way or been caught in a snowstorm or perhaps fallendown a precipice or been carried down by sliding glaciers,these dogs are sent out to hunt for the men, and they seekhigh and low for them. The dogs carry a little barrel andblankets, of which mention will be made in other chapters.Of all the dogs that have belonged to the St. BernardInstitution, none have achieved so much fame as Barry.It is said of him, when a snowstorm came up, he displayedthe greatest anxiety, seeming to kn

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