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suffering than savages, and will cry piteously from 

 slight wounds or other injuries. Dogs of high life 

 have genuine feelings of dignity and self-respect, 

 and are easily wounded in their sensibilities. 

 Such dogs have considerable sense of propriety, 

 and suffer, like sensitive children, from disappro- 

 bation. Romanes had a dog that was so sensitive 

 that he resented insult, and so sympathetic that 

 he always fought in defence of other dogs when 

 they were punished or attacked. When out 

 driving with his master, this dog always caught 

 hold of his master's sleeve every time the horse 

 was touched with a whip (10). Romanes also 

 tells of a Scotch terrier who, having grown old 

 and useless, and been supplanted by a younger 

 dog, Jack, became painfully jealous, and imitated 

 his rival in everything that he did, even to ridicu- 

 lous details, in order to retain the attentions of 

 the household. When Jack was tenderly caressed, 

 the old dog would watch for a time, and then 

 burst out whining as if in the deepest distress (10). 

 Dogs communicate their ideas to each other and 

 to human beings, generally by means of sounds 

 and gestures. They growl in anger, yelp in eager- 

 ness, howl in despair, bark in joy or warning, bay 

 in wonder, wail in bitterness and pain, whine in 

 supplication, and prostrate themselves in sub- 

 mission or apology. It has been said that there 

 never was a man who possessed the stateliness of 

 a St. Bernard, the unerring sagacity of the collie, 

 or the courage and tenacity of the bulldog. The 

 vainest dandy is not more delicate in his ways 



