34 KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



them tremble and skulk from the sight of their 

 shadows moving on the wall. Like horses, they 

 are subject to violent paroxysms of fright. We 

 have heard of a watch-dog that was frightened into 

 convulsions by the sudden apparition of a man 

 in a white coat ; and the most curious exhibition 

 of mortal fear which we ever witnessed, was 

 consequent upon the introduction of an Isle of 

 Sky dog to a hideous Paraguay ape. 



Dogs dream. We have seen the animal start 

 on its legs from an uneasy slumber, and bark 

 vaguely, yet vehemently, as if at some object in 

 the shadow land. On being spoken to it ceased 

 at once, and, whining and mumbling, again ad- 

 dressed itself to sleep. No doubt can be enter- 

 tained of the fact that, in some degree, at least, 

 their " lives are two-fold," and that they some- 

 times re-enact in sleep the drama of their waking 

 hours. 



A merchant of this city was possessed of a 

 poodle, which for years had been in the habit of 

 bringing him his boots at a certain hour in the 

 morning, preparatory to their usual walk to the 

 counting room. The dog usually slept at the 

 foot of the staircase, at the second landing of 

 which was an entry, leading to his master's bed- 

 chamber. 



