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the tail follows the emotioD» whatever may call it forth. 

 An explanation of a simiilar kind may "be found, 

 from the fact that dogs depress their tailb when threat- 

 ened or scolded. When running away the tail would he 

 the part nearest the pursuer, and therefore most likely 

 to he seized. It was^ therefore, securely tucked away 

 between the hi^id logs. The act of running away is 

 naturally closely associated with the emotion of fear, 

 and therefore this gesture of putting the tail between 

 the legs becomes an invai'iable concomitant of retreat 

 or submission in the presence of superior force.— In- 

 dianapolis News. 



DOGS VERY SENSIBLE TO RIDICULE. 



Another extremely human cliaracteristic of the 

 dog is his susceptibility to ridicule. Only in the more 

 sensitive natures of men do wc lind contempt, express- 

 ed in laughter of the kind that conveys that emotion, 

 as keenly and painfully appreciated as among dogs. It 

 is possible, Prof. Shaler asserts, to drive certain hoimds 

 away or to quell their anger by laughing in tlieir faces. 

 But onee jon have cowed a dog b}- insistent laughter^ 

 you can never hope to make friends with hira. 



**A year or two ago," say? Profe^ssor Shaler, "1 

 vras imprudent enough to laugh at a very intelligent 

 dog in my neighborhood, ho having unreasonably 

 assaulted me at my house door, where he had been left 

 ft lonq; time to wait while his owner \ras within, and 



