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seizing the bundle by the knot, bore it away. He arrived 

 at the training post with a curious expression, which 

 desired to convey the information, that although he 

 realized he had not acted in an absolutely straightforward 

 manner, at all events he had lost no time on the road. 



I have sometimes watched a gentlemanly house-dog, 

 sitting expectantly beside the tea-table, keep his head self- 

 consciously turned away from the lower shelves of the 

 tea-basket, on a level with his nose, when the smell of the 

 dainties became rather more attractive than he could 

 conveniently endure. 



This sense of honour in dogs, can be cultivated in many 

 directions. The " Ettrick shepherd," Hogg, points this 

 out, when telling of one of his collies, trained to accompany 

 him to the hills, to manage the sheep. " If coming hungry 

 from the hills, and getting into the milk house, he, (the 

 collie), would most likely think of nothing else than filling 

 his belly with the cream," while another dog, perhaps a 

 relative of this same one, which had been trained to remain 

 at home, as the friend and guardian of the shepherd's family 

 and property, is bred to far higher principles of honour 

 in this direction. " I have known such a dog lay night 

 and day among from ten to twenty pails full of milk, and 

 never once break the cream of one of them with the tip of 

 his tongue ; nor would he suffer cat, rat, or any other 

 creature to touch it." 



The sense of honour in the guard-dog is very wonderful, 

 and it may be said that the basis of the training rests 

 chiefly on this instinct. I have heard people deride a dog, 

 said to be a very determined guard, because they have met 

 this dog on the road, and it has allowed them to pat its 

 head. But the dog really exhibited greater intelligence 

 than the person, because it was not at the time on duty, and 



