288 THE DALMATIAN OR COACH DOG. 
length brought him out from his retreat, from which he was followed by his friend the 
bull terrier. 
The two jogged along very pleasantly and cheerfully, my Dog evidently paying 
marked attention to his friend. When we approached the locality of the shambles my 
Dog ran along in front, whilst the bull terrier followed behind, and both looked as though 
‘up’ to something. Opposite the shambles the terrier rushed out upon my Dog, which 
retreated with wonderful precipitancy behind his friend, who at once collared the assailant, 
and tumbled him over and over to the tune of the joyful barks of my old cur, which had 
evidently made the preliminary arrangements with his friend for this scene.” 
The same Dog was once taught a useful lesson in a singular manner. His master is 
an ofticer, and during the time when he possessed the Dog was annoyed by its constant 
intrusion into the mess-room when breakfast was on the table. Nothing could keep the 
Dog away from the tempting tables with their savoury viands, and as each member of the 
mess was liable to a fine every time that his Dog entered the room it was clear that these 
pertinacious intrusions must be stopped. 
One morning the Dog crept into the room, after its custom, and fortunately there was no 
one at breakfast except its master. Attracted by the ham and fowls that lay so temptingly 
on the table, the Dog stealthily approached them, and stood pointing at the longed-for 
food, with watering mouth and eager eye. Seeing the Dog’s attention thus occupied, his 
master slily tilted the teapot, so as to let a slender stream of the hot liquid trickle on the 
Dog’s back. At first, its faculties were so absorbed in contemplation of the forbidden 
dainties, that it only acknowledged the hot liquid by a nervous twitching of the skin. 
As soon, however, as the fur was saturated, and the full effects of the boilmg tea made 
themselves felt, the Dog sprang up with a yell of astonishment, and dashed howling 
through the door. Ever after its adventure with the teapot, no inducement could tempt the 
animal to enter that room, or come fairly within the threshold, and even if a chicken 
bone were held out as a bait the poor Dog would only lick its lips, and put ona plaintive 
and beseeching look as an appeal to the humanity of its tempter. 
THE DALMATIAN Doc is even better known as a carriage or coach Dog than the 
Danish Dog, which has already been described and figured. Its shape is very like that of 
the pointer, but the artificially shortened ears give it a different aspect. 
The ground colour of this animal’s fur is nearly white, and is richly crossed with 
black spots, earning for it, in common with the Danish Dog, the title of “ Plum-pudding.” 
The height of this animal is about twenty-four or twenty-five inches. Some years ago, 
the Dalmatian Dog was very frequently seen in attendance upon the carriage of its 
owner, scampering along in high glee by the side of the vehicle, or running just in 
front of the horses, apparently in imminent danger of being knocked over every moment. 
Now, however, the creature has los its hold on the fashionable world, and is but 
seldom seen. 
This animal is seldom if ever permitted to be the constant companion of its master, 
and has therefore but little of that humanly intelhgent look which marks the countenance 
of the companionable poodle or spaniel, and gives to the animal a certain semblance of 
its master. 
We may see in every country a singular similitude between the human inhabitants of 
the land and the various animals which tread the same earth and breathe the same air. 
So we find that the countries which are the most productive of ferocious animals are 
most productive of ferocious men:—the Lion of Africa, the Tiger of India, the Grizzly 
Bear of America, the Polar Bear of the northern regions, being but lower types of the 
destructive humanity that prevails in those portions of the globe. 
As this subtle bond of similar affections is found to pervade the wild animals and 
the human inhabitants of the same country, it is but natural that when the man and the 
brute are drawn closer together by domestication, and the higher Being enabled to pour 
its influence upon the lower, the similarity in their character should be still more 
apparent, 
