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A COW'S JEALOUSY OF A DOG. 



[April 30, 1892.] 



As a subscriber to and constant reader of 

 the Spectator, I have derived much pleasure 

 from the anecdotes of animal instinct, saga- 

 city, and emotion, which from time to time 

 have appeared in your columns. Perhaps 

 you may like to publish the following 

 instance of jealousy in a cow ; it is, at any 

 rate, a story at first-hand, as I myself was 

 an actor in the affair. 



A few years ago, I had a quiet milch- 

 cow, Rose, who certainly was fond of 

 Thomas, the man who milked her regularly, 

 and she also showed an aversion to dogs 

 even greater than is usual in her species. 

 One night, for what reason I now forget, 

 I had tied up a young collie dog in the 

 little cowshed where she was accustomed 

 to be milked. The following morning, I 

 had just begun to dress, when I heard the 

 puppy barking in the cowshed. "Oh!" 

 thought I, " I forgot to tell Thomas about 

 the puppy, and now the cow will get in 



