THE DOG 



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rather than to beat him with my stick. I regret I did not 

 take the other alternative, for I made the poor Ijrute my 

 implacable enemy by my pretence of contempt for him. I 

 am inclined to think that if I had beaten him the matter 

 could have been arranged afterward in a friendly way. 



Another very remarkable and I believe hitherto unnoticed 



The Pounce of a Terrier 



likeness between the mind of does and that of man is found 

 in the fact that these dumb beasts, unlike all other inferior 

 animals, except, perhaps, some of the more intelligent species 

 of monkeys, will learn lessons from isolated experiences. In 

 this regard they are indeed quite as apt as the lower kinds 

 of men. Thus a dog who has had an unsavory or painful 

 experience with a skunk or a porcupine is apt to keep away 



