FROM THE " SPECTA TOR." 209 



A PUG'S INTELLIGENCE. 



\_Feb. i, 1890.] 



SEVERAL newspaper cuttings have been sent 

 to me with the story of my dog which 

 appeared in the Spectator of January i8th, 

 and one or two of them suggest a doubt as 

 to the veracity of the story. I write, there- 

 fore, to tell you that it is literally true, only 

 that the policeman was away for his holiday 

 instead of having influenza, and the case 

 came off on Tuesday instead of Saturday. 

 My dog is a pug, a very choice specimen 

 of his kind, and was given to me by the late 

 Dr. Wakley, editor of the Lancet, who was 

 a great connoisseur in dogs. His intelligence 

 is really marvellous, and he has done many 

 things as extraordinary as the one related by 

 Miss Wood. 



He is devotedly attached to my baby, and 

 always accompanies me in my morning visit 

 to the nursery. On one occasion the child 

 (who is just as fond of him as he is of her) 

 was very ill, and for three weeks was un- 

 conscious. As soon as this was the case, 

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