A SUNDAY DOG. 



{Feb. 17, 1877.] 



A CORRESPONDENT favoured your readers last 

 week (see page 53) with an interesting anec- 

 dote of a dog's intelligence in reference to 

 the use of money. Permit me to relate an 

 instance of a dog's intelligence in reference to 

 the day of the week. Some three-and-twenty 

 years ago, in the infancy of the Canterbury 

 Province, New Zealand, there lived in the 

 same neighbourhood as myself two young 

 men, in the rough but independent mode 

 of life then prevalent in the colony, some- 

 what oblivious of old institutions. These 

 men possessed a dog each, affectionate 

 companions of their solitude. It was the 

 custom of this primitive establishment to 

 utilise the Sabbath by a ramble, in quest 

 of wild ducks and wild pigs, about the 

 swamps and creeks of the district. It was 

 195 



