THE EMOTION OF GRIEF IN 

 DOGS. 



{June 22, 1895.] 



YOUR article on "The Emotion of Grief in 

 Animals," in the Spectator of June 15, leads 

 me to send you an account of what happened 

 to me. Some years ago I was out riding, 

 accompanied by my two dogs an Irish 

 water-spaniel and a bull-terrier. I had a fall 

 and broke my thigh. The distress of the 

 dogs was touching to see. They ran to and 

 fro, barking and howling, apparently to 

 attract attention. When assistance came, I 

 was carried home on a hurdle, the two dogs 

 trotting one on either side of it ; and when 

 the bearers put the burden down to rest, they 

 jumped on to it, licking my face and hands. 

 For several days the spaniel lay for hours in 

 the carriage-drive, apparently watching for 

 his master. One morning, when the post- 



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