MUSIC AND DOGS. 



\Oct. 24, 1891.] 



DOGS, as well as horses, can recognise 

 tunes. Many years ago a friend, during a 

 short absence from our station on the 

 Kurrumfooler, lent my sister a pet dog. 

 Cissie was constantly in the room while 

 playing and singing went on, without taking 

 any notice ; but whenever the temporary 

 mistress began singing one favourite song 

 of the absent mistress's, the dog would jump 

 on a chair by her side with evident pleasure. 



O. H. G. 



\Oct. 24, 1891.] 



I HAVE read with much interest your 

 correspondent's letter on the capability of 

 animals to distinguish tunes. I had a small 

 dog who, when first I got him, would have 

 howled incessantly during singing. This, 

 however, he was not allowed to do, except 



