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Still lives, and long may he live! As he was never born, possibly he may never die; be it so, he will miss us when we are gone. I could say much of him, but agree with the lively and admirable Dr. Jortin, when, in his dedication of his Remarks on Ecclesiastical History to the then (1752) Archbishop of Canterbury, he excuses himself for not following the modern custom of praising his Patron, by reminding his Grace "that it was a custom amongst the ancients, not to sacrifice to heroes till after sunset." I defer my sacrifice till Dick's sun is set.

* In The Dog, by Stonehenge, an excellent book, there is a

woodcut of Puck, and "Dr. Wm. Brown's celebrated dog John

Pym" is mentioned Their pedigrees are given—here is Puck's,

which shows his "strain" is of the pure azure blood—"Got by

John Pym, out of Tib; bred by Purves of Leaderfoot; sire.

Old Dandie, the famous dog of old John Stoddart of Selkirk—

dam Whin." How Homeric all this sounds! I cannot help

quoting what follows—"Sometime a Dandie pup of a good

strain may appear not to be game at an early age; but he

should not be parted with on this account, because many of

them do not show their courage till nearly two years old,

and then nothing can beat them; this apparent softness

arising, as I suspect, from kindness of heart"—a suspicion,

my dear "Stonehenge," which is true and shows your own

"kindness of heart," as well as sense.