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presumably the driver had gone inside, for the sole occu- 

 pant of the dray was a dog one of the bob-tailed sheep 

 variety. A motor-car came along the road, and just as it 

 was abreast of the dray the driver changed the gear, 

 making the usual crunching, grinding noise. This 

 appeared to startle the horse attached to the dray, and it 

 commenced to prance about, and eventually moved off 

 down the hill. The dog, evidently disapproving of this, 

 began to run to and fro on the front of the dray, barking 

 furiously. The horse, however, took no notice, but con- 

 tinued down the hill at a sharp trot. A dozen people made 

 towards it with the intention of checking its career before 

 it got out of hand, but all were forestalled by the dog, who, 

 apparently recognizing that prompt measures were neces- 

 sary, jumped off the dray, and, seizing the trailing reins 

 in its teeth, hung on to them with all its might. The dog 

 was dragged along the road a few yards, but fortunately 

 the horse had not attained any great speed, and, feeling 

 the check, came to a standstill as the driver ran panting 

 up. But for the dog's prompt action in all probability 

 the horse would not have been stopped before it became 

 more frightened, and if it had got fairly started down the 

 hill into Headingley, the consequences might have been 

 very serious indeed." 



EICHARD WATSON. 



July 31, 1909. 



NOTE. An extraordinary example of the power of 

 drawing inferences by associating one idea with another. 

 Here are two minor ones of association of ideas in my 

 own dog. He always sleeps in my room, and, sharing my 

 vicious propensity for late hours, is very comatose in the 

 morning. When I get up, he goes on slumbering, and 

 pays no attention to my exits and entrances from the 

 room. But as soon as I touch my waistcoat he is up in 

 a trice and bounding about me. He associates the waist- 

 coat with a final departure from the bedroom. When, 



