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and dominoes. Of the latter, Mr. Hamerton 

 says : " Both the dogs played a game at domi- 

 noes. This was managed as follows : the dogs 

 sat on chairs opposite each other, and took up 

 the domino that was wanted; but the master 

 placed it in its position and kept announcing 

 the state of the game. Their distress when 

 they could not go on without drawing from the 

 bank was announced in piteous whines, and 

 amused us all exceedingly. Lyda was the loser, 

 and precipitately retreated to hide herself with 

 an evident consciousness of defeat." 



An incident occurred in the course of the 

 evening which showed some understanding of 

 language. A little girl wanted Blanche to come 

 to her, but the dog kept away, on which M. du 

 Rouil said, " Blanche, go salute the little girl !" 

 She immediately went up to the child and made 

 a formal obeisance. 



The owner of Blanche stated that he was 

 going home one night accompanied by the dog 

 and on his way saw a man who was searching 

 for some object that he had lost. " What are 



