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you the following anecdote, which shows 

 their power of acting a part for purposes of 

 their own. Some years ago a fox-terrier of 

 mine was condemned by a veterinary sur- 

 geon to consume a certain amount of flour 

 of sulphur every day. He was at all times 

 a fanciful and dainty feeder, and every con- 

 ceivable ingenuity on my part was exhausted 

 in the vain endeavour to disguise the daily 

 portion and to give it a more tempting ap- 

 pearance. Each new device was invariably 

 detected. However hungry he might be 

 he turned from the proffered morsel in dis- 

 gust, and it ended almost invariably in my 

 having to put it down his throat. One 

 morning, after keeping him for many hours 

 without food, and having neatly wrapped the 

 powder in a most appetising piece of raw 

 meat, I offered it him in the vain hope that 

 hunger might prevail over prejudice. But 

 no. With averted head and downcast look 

 he steadily and determinedly declined to par- 

 take of it. I encouraged him in vain. Deep 

 dejection on his part ; despair, but persistence, 

 on mine. All of a sudden his whole manner 



