THE DOG AND THE HOT 

 BOTTLE. 



[Oct. 26, 1895.] 



THE following example of canine intelligence 

 may interest your readers, and help to 

 establish the fact that dogs do understand 

 human language more than is generally 

 realised. Not long ago, one of my guests 

 was describing to me one evening, after 

 dinner, how much she suffered from cold 

 feet, especially at night. In the course of 

 our talk I said to her, " You ought to use a 

 hot-water bottle, and I can lend you one 

 to-night." On which she told me that she 

 always took one about with her. In a very 

 short time, my collie, having slipped from 

 the room unobserved, returned with my 

 friend's indiarubber hot-water bottle, which 

 he had brought down from her bedroom. I 

 inquired where it was kept, and was told it 

 had been hung on a hook by the window. 



