3 o DOG STORIES 



BULLY'S SHORT CUT. 



[Aug. 29, 1874.] 



I SEE that you welcome all notes of interest 

 upon our fellow-beings, the dogs. Here is 

 one that seems to prove they have a sense of 

 time and of distance as measured by time. 



I was walking with my bull-terrier, Bully 

 (seven years old last Christmas), during a 

 hot afternoon this month homewards along 

 the Bund (Shanghai), and I suddenly missed 

 him. I turned back for twenty or thirty 

 yards, and, not finding him, I gave up the 

 search, saying, "He knows the way home 

 well enough." Presently I saw him on my 

 right, dripping with water, cantering on at a 

 round pace, without looking about him, 

 homewards. I watched him, curious to see 

 whether he would go straight home. No. 

 He kept on till he reached the distance of 

 about 150 yards, and looked ahead, not 

 smelling the ground. He then deliberately 

 walked back, catching sight of me in about 

 twenty yards after his turning back, and 

 wagged his tale recognisingly. He had 



