150 NEWFOUNDLAND . much attached to the members of the house to which they belong ; but frequently cherish a cross antipathy to a stranger, or to those who wantonly fling sticks or stones at them. They will neither attack nor fight a dog of inferior size, but growl at snarling curs, and throw them to a side. They suffer cats to play with, and even to lie and sleep on the top of them. They are great enemies to sheep, which they never hesitate~to kill, but partake only of the blood. When hungry, they will not scruple to steal a fowl, salmon, or piece of meat; yet they will watch a carcass of beef or mutton belonging to their masters, keep off other dogs, and never touch it themselves. They fight courageously with dogs of their own size and strength, and will start immediately on hearing other dogs fight, to restore peace among them. So sagacious, indeed, are these animals, that they only seem to want the faculty of speech to make them fully understood ; and they are capable of being trained to all the purposes for which almost every other variety of the canine species are used.