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having had the mange, and lost all his hair 

 Denis undertook his education, and ruled 

 him so severely that his influence lasted a 

 long while ; indeed, even after Guy had 

 grown so big that Denis almost needed to 

 stand upon his hind legs in order to snap 

 at him, the great dog would crouch meekly 

 at a growling remonstrance from the little 

 master, and never dared to invade his rights 

 to approach his plate of food, or to drink 

 before him. Now a days Guy has dis- 

 covered his own power, and although too 

 good-natured an animal ever to ill-treat the 

 little dog, no longer allows -any liberties, but 

 at the same time, when the scene which I 

 am about to describe took place, he was still 

 under the impression that Denis's wrath was 

 a terrible and dangerous matter. 



And now for my story, which, it seems to 

 me, shows as much real reasoning power in 

 an untrained animal as any anecdote that I 

 ever read. One evening I took my two 

 dogs to the kitchen, to give them the rare 

 treat of a bone apiece. (Dogs were certainly 

 never intended to make Natal their home, 



