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ing at it, thus showing unmistakably that 

 she recognises its meaning. 



JULIA ANDREWS. 



May 19, 1894. 



THE following instance bears on the sub- 

 ject discussed in the Spectator of May 5th. 

 We had for a newcomer to our circle a little 

 terrier dog. I was informed it had been 

 seen in the library facing a large-sized 

 portrait of myself, and barking furiously. 

 I was somewhat sceptical until a day or two 

 later I saw it repeat the performance. I 

 have wondered whether it was because the 

 dog thought it a good or bad representation 

 of the original, and so was complimenting or 

 otherwise the artist. 



FRANK WRIGHT. 



\_May 19, 1894.] 



APROPOS of the recognition of pictures by 

 dogs {Spectator, May 5th), I think you may 

 be interested in the two following facts which 

 came under my notice a few years ago. A 

 sagacious but quite uneducated old terrier 



