APPENDIX. 25J> 



ally kind and only severe now and then his affection for 

 you will survive the unplei.:antness, and affection must 

 be the real tie between you. 



There is a trite saying that "Syhat man has done, 

 man can do."' To illustrate the idea of patience and 

 kindness upon which I have harped so much, I will now 

 give some account of mv own dog, a female, a pure 

 Scotch Collie, now less than tw^o years old, which I 

 trained from a few months of age, not for general pur- 

 poses, but for my own special needs. These she has 

 so well subserved that my personal and domestic affairs 

 would be sadly embarassed by the loss of her. 



As my house is some distance from the post office, 

 I have taught her to fetch and carry my mail. This 

 is a convenience to me when at home, as it saves much 

 tnne; being away during the spring, summer and 

 autumn months, it is a necessity that my mail should 

 arrJYe and depart with dispatch in my absence, and 

 so my wife makes use of Juno as mail carrier.. 



Animals, like men, are creatures of habit. It is not 

 s - very difficult to teach a dog to go on errands. Where- 

 ever you wish him to go take him regularly yourself a 

 Jew times. He will soon learn when you start where 

 it is that you propose to go, and will be apt to run on 

 ahead and get there first. 



I took Juno to the post office, introduced her to the 

 postmaster, to whom I explained my idea, giving Juno 

 the letters in a little basket, the handle of which she 

 held in her mouth. 



In training a dog for this feat, care should be 

 . ken not to have the basket too heavy. 



