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peculiarly jealous. There was no other ground of quarrel 

 between them. When Rover saw that a certain young dog 

 was to accompany me, he invariably refused to go out ; and, 

 although at other times one of the most eager dogs for sport 

 that I ever possessed, nothing would induce him to go out 

 with his young rival. He also showed his jealousy by flying 

 at him and biting him on every possible occasion where he 

 could do so unobserved. At last, however, when the young 

 dog had grown older, and discovered that his own strength 

 was superior to that of his tyrant, he flew upon poor Rover, 

 and amply revenged all the ill-treatment which he had re- 

 ceived at his hands. From that day he was constantly on 

 the look-out to renew his attacks; but having soon established 

 his superiority, he thenceforth contented himself with strik- 

 ing down the old dog, and after standing over him for a 

 minute or two, with teeth bared ready for action, he 

 suffered him to sneak quietly away, for Rover was too old a 

 soldier to resist when he found himself overmatched. At 

 last the poor old fellow got so bullied by this dog, and by 

 two or three others whom I am afraid he had tyrannized over 

 when they were puppies, that he never left the front-door 

 steps, or went round the corner of the house, before he had 

 well reconnoitered the ground, and was sure that none of his 

 enemies were near him ; and yet, in his battles with vermin 

 or with strange dogs, he was one of the most courageous 

 animals I ever had. 



Although dogs form such strong attachments to man, they 

 seldom appear to feel any great degree of friendship for each 

 other. Occasionally, however, a couple of dogs will enter 

 into a kind of compact to assist each other in hunting. For 

 instance, I have known an old terrier who formed an alliance 

 of this sort with a greyhound, and they used constantly to 

 go out poaching together. The terrier would hunt the 

 bushes, whilst the greyhound stationed herself quietly out- 

 side, ready to spring on any rabbit or hare that was started ; 

 and she always took the side of the bush opposite to that by 

 which the terrier had entered it. On losing his companion, 

 the terrier, who was becoming old in years and cunning, 

 entered into confederacy with a younger terrier. In all their 

 hunting excursions the old dog laid himself quietly down at 

 some likely-looking meuse or run, and, sending his younger 

 companion to hunt the bushes, he waited patiently and 

 silently for any rabbit that might come in his way. Their 



