At the Cardiff Town Hall recently, Captain Thompson, of the steamer Muley Hassan, was presented with a silver medal for saving life. The steamer was passing through the Straits of Gibraltar when the captain's retriever showed great signs of restlessness, and eventually jumped overboard. A boat was lowered and the dog was discovered holding the collar of the coat of a drowning man laying across two oars. The man was found to be the only survivor of a Spanish revenue felucca which had been upset four hours previously. This appears to be a case in which the master is rewarded lor services rendered by his ;dog.
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Colonist, Volume XXX, Issue 5024, 6 October 1887, Page 4
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