506 THE STOCK owner's ADVISER. 



exemplified in the female. The flesh quivers as the knife pur- 

 sues its course, a moan or two escapes, but yet she does not strug- 

 gle; and her first act, after all is over, is to lick the operator's 

 hand. Years may pass, but whenever she sees the operator she 

 testifies her joy and gratitude in the most expressive and endear- 

 ing manner. Often, seeing me on the crowded street, they will 

 cross over for recognition. 



The important faculty termed attention is well developed in 

 the dog. It is this which distinguishes the promising from the 

 unpromising pupil, and the scientific man from the superficial 

 and ignorant one. The power of keeping the mind steadily upon 

 one purpose is the great secret of individual and moral improve- 

 ment. We see the habit of attention carried to a very consid- 

 erable extent in the dog. The setter or pointer stands firm to 

 his point, even though the blunders and unskillfulness of his 

 master annoys him. The fox hound, insensible to a thousand 

 scents, and deaf to every sound, anxiously and perseveringly 

 searches out the track of his prey. The drover's dog, leading a 

 flock of sheep through pastures and crowded streets without 

 losing a single one and without human aid; the terrier eagerly 

 watching for vermin — these are striking illusferations of the 

 power of attention. The faculty of memory in the dog and 

 horse is remarkable, of Avhicli we could give numerous instances. 

 The dog has remarkable powers of ojbservation and reasoning, 

 independent of any training, many of his performances being 

 entirely voluntary and the result of causes dependent upon acci- 

 dental circumstances alone. A good bird dog will noiselessly 

 withdraw from his point, hunt up his master, and induce him, 

 by peculiar signs, to follow to the spot where he had observed 

 the birds. The St. Bernadine is remarkable for such faculties, so 

 much so that he is employed in the Alps to search for frozen 

 wanderers, administer refreshments, and lead them to places of 

 safety and shelter. The St. Bernard is known to have voluntarily 

 gone a distance of a mile, bark and make a noise at a neighbor's 

 door, inducing some one to follow him to the rescue of man or 



