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Tito 



veloped which was purely instinctive — that is, 

 an inherited habit. In the back end of her 

 kennel she had a little cache of bones, and knew 

 exactly where one or two lumps of unsavory 

 meat were buried within the radius of her chain, 

 for a time of famine which never came. If any 

 one approached these hidden treasures she 

 watched with anxious eyes, but made no other 

 demonstration. If she saw that the meddler 

 knew the exact place, she took an early oppor- 

 tunity to secrete them elsewhere. p> ^ C V' 3 

 After a year of this life Tito had grown to 



full size, and had learned many things that her . ^ ^ 



wild kinsmen could not have learned without -" ^ 



losing their lives in doing it. She knew and 

 feared traps. She had learned to avoid poison 

 baits, and knew what to do at once if, by some 

 mistake, she should take one. She knew what 

 guns are. She had learned to cut her morning 

 and evening song very short. She had some 

 acquaintance with Dogs, enough to make her 

 hate and distrust them all. But, above all, she 

 had this idea: whenever danger is near, the 

 very best move possible is to lay low, be very 

 quiet, do nothing to attract notice. Perhaps 



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