In corroboration of this account, my friend Mrs F-mentioned the case of a Newfoundland dog, which was one day accidentally shut up in the dining-room, when the family were out.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
But of this story what corroboration is there, and what do the books say?
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
And more, we know or suppose, from at least one quite familiar instance from Flintshire, that a tradition may even take us back to prehistoric times and find corroboration in our own day.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson