JST.66.] TO G. FREDERICK WRIGHT. 677 



Max was a black and tan terrier, not remarkable in 

 any way for beauty or intelligence, but interesting 

 from his warm affection and the power it had in de- 

 veloping his intelligence. To be near and to please 

 his beloved master was enough for him. Anything 

 his master did was right and to be submitted to. 

 Max had conscience, but it did not restrain him from 

 showing his vexation when left at home, by throwing 

 Dr. Gray's hat and gloves, etc., on the floor ; but his 

 shame and penitence always betrayed him. It seemed 

 as if the joy of his master's return had killed him. 



Dr. Gray's next pet was a very small puppy ; so 

 small that for the first few months Dr. Gray would 

 drop him into his pocket when calling on certain 

 friends. He was said to be a Japanese terrier, and 

 grew to be a great beauty, with long, white, curling 

 hair (with some black markings) to the tips of his 

 ears and toes, and a tail like a plume, curling over 

 his back, all so fluffy he was given the name of Puff. 

 Dr. Gray always called him a " little pagan dog," 

 because, he said, his conscience was so unequally de- 

 veloped. But though willful and obstinate, with great 

 self-sufficiency, he was very attractive. It was a piece 

 of his mischief as a puppy that called out the follow- 

 ing letter from his master to Rev. G. F. Wright. 



TO G. FREDERICK WRIGHT. 



CAMBRIDGE, December 11, 1878. 



REV. SIR, Will you be so good as to accept a 

 puppy's penitent apologies for his naughtiness, and a 

 new pair of rubbers in place of those which I wickedly 

 destroyed, because it was " my nature to " at the time 

 you last visited my master. I wish you to know that 

 I am as sorry for it as I am capable of being, that I 



