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liiiii, that lie wont and sat clown witli his head 

 concealed beneath a tablecloth or sofa-cover, and 

 nothing hurt him more than to pretend to 

 laugh at him. That had nothing to do with 

 instincts inculcated by nature ; in fact, were I 

 to recount all the strange things relating to dogs 

 that I have witnessed in my life, I should fill more 

 volumes than my publisher would purchase. Not 

 wishino' to have that said of me which was said 

 by Mr. Drummond, in the House of Commons, in 

 regard to Macaulay's ^History of England,' viz., 

 that it was an ^'amusing fiction," I abstain from 

 matters of mere hearsay, and only vaite of things 

 that have come within my personal observation, 

 and arising from mj studies of the gifted canine 

 race. Those studies have led me to know that 

 if there is such a thing as ^' mesmerism," dogs 

 are possessed of it as well as some of the human 

 race. Of this I offer the following proof. My 

 greyhound Brenda used to sleep in my roonij 

 and if she was unwell in the night, and wanted to 

 be taken out, she used to come to my bed-side, 

 and look fixedly and intently upon me, without 

 anv noise whatever. From tlie soundest sleep, 

 when sleep always came on '^ down}^ pinions" to 



