THE RELIGION OF N A T U E E 



dogs which came sniffing round the veranda. In 

 these pursuits " The Jester," being small, was 

 always left far behind, and, returning first, used 

 to manage to get a mouthful or two from the 

 wrong bowl before " The Cad " came swaggering 

 back, after discomfiting the enemy. 



Thus " The Jester " learned the trick, whenever 

 the dinner was brought, of raising a false alarm, 

 by rushing around the veranda, barking at noth- 

 ing. At once " The Cad " was agog for war and, 

 following his brother's treacherous clue, dashed 

 across the compound in search of the non-existent 

 enemy while " The Jester " hurried back and 

 gulped down as much as he could of his brother's 

 dinner. 



This was repeated daily; but the big dog, up 

 to the time of his death for both were carried 

 off by an epidemic of dumb rabies which raged 

 through Lahore never discovered the trick that 

 was daily played upon him. 



And it was a useless trick after all; because 

 there was always plenty for both, and the little 

 dog's appetite was soon satisfied, so that when the 

 big one had finished what was left in his own bowl 

 he could turn to the other untouched bowl and 

 eat his fill from that. 



I have come across no other case which, to my 

 mind, so satisfactorily exemplifies at once the ex- 

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