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slight provocation. On peering through the 
wire netting I saw it was not a baby Tiger but a 
small white Bull-terrier. Hesnapped at me and 
at any one or anything that seemed too abrupt 
or too near for proper respect, and his snarling 
growl was unpleasantly frequent. Dogs have 
two growls: one deep-rumbled, and chesty; 
that is polite warning—the retort courteous; 
the other mouthy and much higher in pitch: 
this is the last word before actual onslaught. 
The Terrier’s growls were all of the latter kind. 
I was a dog-man and thought I knew all about 
Dogs, so, dismissing the porter, I got out my all- 
round jackknife - toothpick - nailhammer-hatch- 
et-toolbox-fire-shovel, a specialty of our firm, 
and lifted the netting. Oh, yes, I knew all about 
Dogs. The little fury had been growling out 
a whole-souled growl for every tap of the tool, 
and when I turned the box on its side, he made 
a dash straight for my legs. Had not his foot 
gone through the wire netting and held him, I 
might have been hurt, for his heart was evi- 
dently in his work; but I stepped on the table 
out of reach and tried to reason with him. I 
have always believed in talking to animals. I 
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