WHICH ARE THE WETTEST MONTHS ? 47 



Cormac's Irish Glossary of the tenth century, 

 says that poets eat the flesh of the pig, dog, and cat. 



The English law, until a quite recent date, treated 

 cats and dogs as wild animals incapable of being 

 stolen. Evtn now there are slight differences in the 

 eye of the law between a cat or a dog and a horse or a 

 cow. It is not a felony to steal a dog for the first time, 

 and accordingly the thief is often indicted for steal- 

 ing the dog's collar, as that entails a more severe 

 punishment. 



The status of the dog in some eastern countries 

 suggests that he first entered dwellings for refuse and 

 scraps, that he was a thief and a parasite long before 

 he became the companion of man. But the social 

 qualities of the dog originated still earlier, and 

 were developed by life in the pack. If this is true of 

 the dog, it ought to be true of the wolf too. Perhaps 

 the wolf has social possibilities, and might be made 

 into a delightful companion if only we could get over 

 the awkwardness of the first approaches. 



WHICH ARE THE WETTEST MONTHS? 



The old name, " February fill-dyke," seems to 

 point to long experieiice of February as a particularly 

 wet month. On questioning my friends as to their 

 impressions, I am told that the winter months are 

 considered decidedly the wettest, late spring and 

 early summer the driest. But we need not trust to 

 impressions ; let us compare our impressions with the 

 rain-gauge. Messrs* Richardson and Co. of York 



