204 DOG STORIES 



TWO ANECDOTES OF DOGS. 



[Feb. 2, 1895.] 



HAVING derived much pleasure from reading 

 the frequent natural history notes which 

 from time to time appear in the Spectator, I 

 venture to send you two instances of what 

 seems to me the working of the canine 

 mind under quite different circumstances. 

 The first refers to an incident which hap- 

 pened a great many years ago. It was this. 

 One day, when a lad, I was walking with my 

 father accompanied by a strong, smooth- 

 haired retriever called Turk. We were 

 joined by the bailiff of the farm, and in the 

 course of our walk Turk suddenly discovered 

 the presence of a rabbit concealed in what in 

 Scotland is called a " dry-stane dyke." After 

 a little trouble in removing some stones, poor 

 bunny was caught and slaughtered, being 

 handed to the bailiff, who put it in his coat 

 pocket. Shortly afterwards we separated, 

 the bailiff going to his home in one direc- 

 tion, and we to ours in an opposite one. 

 Before we reached home we noticed that 



