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dent of strange friendships between animals, 

 asks if there are any precedents for such 

 incongruous intimacy as he saw between a 

 dog and a pigeon. To most close observers 

 of animals, such curious cases, though always 

 noteworthy, are well known ; naturalists like 

 Buckland and many others have frequently 

 recorded them. 



With the view of adding to the lore on 

 this matter, permit me to cite the following. 

 Two Scotch terriers are lying before the 

 fire. Prince is an amiable sort of dog ; Jack 

 is rather surly ; both good vermin-killers and 

 fond of hunting. I bring in a common buck 

 rabbit, and place it beside the dogs, with 

 the intimation they were not to touch it. 

 Trust, and then alliance, quickly grew be- 

 tween it and Prince, whilst Jack shows 

 unmistakable hatred. In a few days the 

 two friends, with their paws absurdly clasp- 

 ing each other's necks, sleep happily on the 

 rug ; they play together, they chase each 

 other up and down the stairs and all over 

 the house at full speed, and when tired come 

 back to the rug. Jack refusing all this 



