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then attack it as savagely as he would one of his fellows who came in his 

 way. 



If any stranger came to the door of the room he seemed to know 

 instantly and would bark fiercely, but he never did this when the regular 

 attendant entered, however silently he approached, being guided prob- 

 ably largely, but by no means wholly, by the sense of smell. He was by 

 far more alert than any of his companions and seemed to be put into a 

 state of high tension by the slightest stimulus. 



This dog had a ravenous appetite, and when the vessel containing 

 food for all the dogs of this litter was put down he was generally the 

 first to reach it, though at the moment he might possibly be in the most 

 distant part of the room, and certainly he did not come off second best 

 in the struggle. 



He was so like a wild animal, was of so bad a temper, and altogether 

 so undesirable a creature, I thought it best to chloroform him at the 

 end of a few weeks. 



