FROM THE "SPECTATOR." 279 



superior way, with most of the dogs he meets, 

 but has never been known to play with any 

 since Duchess died ; he insists on retaining 

 his mastership, and seems able to assert it 

 without ill-temper or quarrelling. To his 

 mistress, my daughter, he devotes all his 

 affection as he always did, but for none of 

 his own race can he afford to give such love 



as he had for his lost friend. 



E. W. Cox. 



