FROM THE "SPECTATOR" 19 



A COMMERCIAL TREATY 

 BETWEEN A DOG AND A HEN. 



\July 7, 1888.] 



YOUR dog-loving readers may be interested 

 in the following instance of animal sagacity. 

 Bob is a fine two-year-old mastiff, with 

 head and face of massive strength, heightened 

 by great mildness of expression. One day 

 he was seen carrying a hen, very gently, in 

 his mouth, to the kennel. Placing her in 

 one corner, he stood sentry while she laid 

 an egg, which he at once devoured. From 

 that day the two have been fast friends, the 

 hen refusing to lay anywhere but in " Bob's " 

 kennel, and getting her reward in the dainty 

 morsels from his platter. There must have 

 been a bit of canine reasoning here. " Bob" 

 must have found eggs to his liking, that they 

 were laid by hens, and that he could best 

 secure a supply by having a hen to himself. 

 THOMAS HAMER. 



