96 DOG STORIES 



\June 23, 1894.] 



I HAVE read with much interest the stories in 

 the Spectator of the sagacity of animals. 

 The following, I think, is worth recording : 

 The chief-engineer of the Midland and 

 South-Western Junction Railway, Mr. J. 

 R. Shopland, C.E., has a spaniel that fre- 

 quently accompanies him or his sons to their 

 office. On Saturday last this dog went to 

 Marlborough from Swindon by train with 

 one of Mr. Shopland's clerks, and walked 

 with him to Savernake Forest. Suddenly 

 the dog was missing. The creature had 

 gone back to the station at Marlborough 

 and taken a seat in a second-class compart- 

 ment. The dog defied the efforts of the 

 railway officials to dislodge him. When the 

 train reached Swindon he came out of the 

 carriage and walked quietly to his master's 

 residence. 



SAMUEL SNELL. 



[March 30, 1895.] 



I WAS witness the other day of what I had 

 only heard of before a dog travelling by 



