Quoted by Liv Emma Thorsen, 'A Dog of Myth and Matter: Barry the Saint Bernard in Bern', in Thorsen et. al., Animals on Display (2013), pp. 128-149.
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'The Swiss naturalist and alpinist Karl Friedrich August Meisner describes the [Great Saint Bernard] pass as "naked, barren and surrounded by peaks covered with eternal snow." (129)

'A description of Barry's character and abilities, and the reason why he was stuffed for display in the museum in Bern, is given by Meisner in the yearbook Alpenrosen in 1816:

"'For twelve years Barry was tireless and faithful in his service for the victims, and he alone has throughout his life saved more than forty percent from death. The eagerness he demonstrated through his deeds was extraordinary. He never needed to be admonished in this service, nothing could keep him from in the monestary as soon as the sky became clouded, fog appeared and blizzards announced thenselves from a distance; from that point on he wod restlessly and barking range around, and he would not tire, again and again returning to the dangerous places, whether or not he could prevent anyone from sinking down onto the snow, or dig up one of those already buried under the snow. And if he could not help himself, he would in long leaps rush back to the monastery and try to get help. When the noble faithful animal grew old and weak, the honorable prior of the monestary sent him with his servant to Bern requesting that after Barry's death that followed in 1814, he should be displayed in our museum. "It is," this sensitive man wrote, "pleasant and at the same time a comfort for me to think that this faithful dog that has saved the lives of so many people, will not soon be forgotten after his death.""

Meisner explains why the dog was naturalized, and provides the reader with the canine's principal virtues: faithfulness, courage, and intelligence.' (131)