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eat it, and then he will do the same. I have 

 also found our boarhound distrusting food 

 occasionally, and declining to take it from 

 his bowl until I have given him some with 

 my hand. Then he seems to feel that it is 

 all right, and comes down from his bench 

 and eats it. This perhaps is not exactly the 

 same, but it is still a phase of a dog's distrust 

 of unaccustomed food, and his reasoning 

 power respecting it. This wonderful reason- 

 ing power any one accustomed to dogs soon 

 discovers. 



J. B. G. 



