GUARDIAN DOGS. 



\_July 15, 1892.] 



HAVING read for years your interesting 

 letters and articles on animals in the Spec- 

 tator, I feel sure you will like to have a 

 thoroughly authentic account of a dog in 

 this neighbourhood. I am allowed to give 

 the name of the owner, who is living at Lyme 

 Regis, where I was staying last week. The 

 two incidents happened within a few weeks 

 of each other. 



Mrs. and Miss Coode were alone in their 

 house (except the servants) ; and one night 

 Miss Coode was awakened by hearing two 

 knocks at her door and a slight whine. It 

 was between three and four o'clock in the 

 morning. She rose and opened the door to 

 find the dog there, and at the same time 

 loticed and heard a stream of water running 

 Jown the stairs. She went up the staircase 

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