FROM THE "SPECTATOR" 305 



A PRAYING DOG. 



[Oct. 26, 1895.] 



A FEW weeks ago 1 sent you a dog story. I 

 beg now to send you another, related to me 

 by the Bishop of Wakefield, when he was 

 rector of Whittington, in the county of Salop. 

 Dr. How is, I believe, a Shrewsbury man, 

 and is therefore well acquainted with many a 

 Salopian family. Well, in Shrewsbury a 

 certain family had a dog of a religious turn 

 of mind, who regularly attended the family 

 prayers. When the bell rang for morning 

 and evening prayer, the dog invariably 

 accompanied the household into the room 

 where prayers were said. Of course, each 

 member of the family would kneel . down, 

 leaning upon a chair and with the head bowed 

 down, supported by the hands and arms. 

 The dog would copy this example exactly. 

 He would sit upon his hind-legs, and in that 

 way copy the kneeling of the family. Then, 

 in order to copy the arms resting on the chair 

 and the head in the hands, the dog would 

 put his forelegs on the chair and his head 



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