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eloquently too, with their tongues, their ears, 

 their eyes, their legs, their tail, and even 

 with the hairs on their backs ; and therefore 

 don't be astonished if you find me saying in 

 the following pages, " Pepper told me this," 

 or " Wasp said so-and-so." Why, I was once 

 told by a bull terrier that a country policeman 

 was a thief, and, " acting on information re- 

 ceived," I got the man locked up in prison 

 for three months, and it just served him right. 

 Having learnt dog language, use it to your 

 dog in a reasonable way : talk to him as a 

 friend, tell him the news of the day, of your 

 hopes and fears, your likes and dislikes, but 

 above all use talk always in the place of a 

 whip. For instance, when breaking in a 

 young dog not to kill a ferret, take hold of 

 the dog with a short line, put the ferret on 

 the ground in front of him, and when he 

 makes a dash at it say, " What are you up 

 to ? War ferret ! Why, I gave four and six- 



