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alludes exclusively to physical conditions. Now it is 

 equally possible, and quite as probable, that this resem- 

 blance does not simply extend to external characteris- 

 tics, but to mental and internal qualities as well. There 

 certainly can be no reason that I can see why an 

 animal brought into constant touch with man should 

 not develop certain like mental tendencies. There can Also 



mental 



be no doubt, for instance, that, in any field of game or 

 sport, man, the horse and dog meet on common ground. 

 No one who has ridden an Arab or a country-bred 

 horse on the plains of India out pig-sticking, or who 

 has careered across country in the shires on a thorough- 

 bred hunter after the wily fox, will for an instant deny 

 that his horse enters into the spirit and excitement of 

 the hunt as much as his rider, all the more so if they 

 know one another. And who will deny that the pack 

 of hounds who allow nothing to discourage or stop 

 them, even when Master Eeynard is clever enough to 

 throw them off the scent do not keenly enjoy the 

 sport ? Who can dispute the sporting proclivities of 

 the pointer, the setter, and the retriever ? Take a fox- Keasons 



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terrier who is not specially trained, and watch him when of this 

 he is worrying a rat or chasing a cat. Keep your eyes 

 on his face, and watch the intense expression of intelli- 

 gence that comes into it when his master simply 

 repeats the magic words ' cats ' or ' rats,' which act 

 as an ' open sesame ' to his heart. What a train of 

 associations happy hunts, thrilling chivies, fierce 

 fights, glorious victories do they not evoke in his little 

 brain ! What pleasant memories to be awakened, re- 

 freshed, and satisfied once more by an indulgent provi- 

 dent master, who is always kind and ever ready to 



