DOGS' SENSE OF HUMOUR. 



THE POWER OF IMITATION IN DOGS. 



[Oct. 22, 1882.] 



THE following anecdote may interest those 

 of your readers who are accustomed to ob- 

 serve the characteristic actions of dogs. I 

 can vouch for its accuracy, as I was an 

 amused eye-witness, and several members of 

 my family were also present, and have often 

 told the story. 



A friend of ours and his wife were spend- 

 ing a musical evening with us, and an old, 

 black, English terrier, who belonged to the 

 house, had been in the drawing-room, which 

 was upstairs. The dog had been kindly 

 noticed by our friend, who was partially lame 

 from paralysis. On leaving the drawing- 

 room the dog followed him to the top of the 

 staircase (we, with his wife, were waiting 



below in the hall), and with cocked tail and 



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