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sort of thing, makes the rabbit look at him 

 with a sort of awe. Does Bunny make no 

 mess in the house ? None whatever ; he 

 goes into the garden as the dogs do, and 

 like them, scratches at the door when he 

 wants to return. All this he does without 

 any instruction from us. After a while, 

 being very fond of him, we put on the floor 

 a pretty pink-eyed doe as a present. He 

 stares, sniffs her all over, kills her on the 

 spot, and goes for a romp with his dear 

 Prince. Jack always sleeps under my bed 

 from choice, and just before I put out the 

 light as I lie, stands up against the bed for 

 his last pat and "good-night." Bunny has 

 observed all this, and quietly creeps into 

 the room, which he refuses to leave ; then 

 likewise always asks for his "good-night," 

 and sleeps somewhere near his great 

 "ideal." 



Another instance, published in " Loch 

 Creran " by my friend Mr. Anderson Smith. 

 I punished my cat for killing a chicken. 

 The next day he is seen to carry a live 

 chicken in his mouth and lay it down to 



