258 DOG STORIES 



THE SENSE OF BOUNDARY IN 

 DOGS. 



\March 14, 1885.] 



I HAVE been much interested in the com- 

 munications which have appeared from time 

 to time in the Spectator in reference to 

 " animal intelligence." Recently my atten- 

 tion has been called to a somewhat striking 

 illustration of it, in the case of my own 

 dog and his canine neighbour next door. 

 Wallace is an Irish staghound, and is about a 

 .rear old. My neighbour's dog is a pointer, 

 and is considerably advanced in life. There 

 is no hedge nor fence separating the two 

 estates. The dividing line runs between two 

 stone posts about a foot in height, and more 

 than two hundred feet from each other. The 

 dogs have never been friendly, the pointer 

 having repeatedly driven Wallace back over 

 the boundary when he has caught him 

 trespassing. Both dogs, even when going at 

 full speed, stop the moment my dog has 



