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DOG STORIES 



late speech, tells me that Snow is a conscious 

 automaton, can I give him any other answer 

 than, " You're another " ? 



J. M. L. 



AN ACT OF CANINE FRIENDSHIP. 



[Nov. 6, 1880.] 



I HAVE read from time to time in the pages 

 of the Spectator instances of canine sagacity 

 furnished by your correspondents, which 

 have, no doubt, interested many others 

 besides myself. The following incident 

 occurred last Saturday, in my walk from 

 the beach, which, perhaps, may amuse your 

 readers, as it did me. 



My curiosity was excited by seeing a 

 young retriever on his hind legs licking very 

 ardently the face of a nice-looking donkey, 

 who was tethered on the bank. After licking 

 his face all over for a long time, he began 

 to frisk around him, evidently anxious to 

 have a trot together; but, finding that his 

 friend was tied by a rope, he deliberately 

 began to gnaw it, and in a very short time 

 succeeded in setting him free! The owner 



