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made the sign just described. His whole manner im- 

 mediately altered to that of high animation. Clearing 

 the wall together, the two animals ran down the road as 

 terriers only can when pursuing an enemy. I watched 

 them for a mile and a half, within which distance their 

 speed never abated, although the object of their pursuit 

 had not from the first been in sight. 



It is almost superfluous to give cases illustrating the 

 well-known fact that dogs communicate their desires and 

 ideas to man; but as the subject of the communication 

 by signs will afterwards be found of importance in con- 

 nection with the philosophy of communication by words, 

 I shall here give a few examples of dogs communicating 

 by signs with man, which for my purpose will be the 

 more valuable the less they are recognised as unusual. 



Lieutenant-Gren. Sir John H. Lefroy, C.B., K.C.M.Gr., 

 F.E.S., writes me that he has a terrier which it is the 

 duty of his wife's maid to wash and feed. ' It was her 

 habit after calling her mistress in the morning to go 

 out and milk a goat which was tethered near the house, 

 and give "Button" the milk. One morning, being 

 rather earlier than usual, instead of going out at once she 

 took up some needlework and began to occupy herself. 

 The dog endeavoured in every possible way to attract her 

 attention and draw her forth, and at last pushed aside the 

 curtain of a closet, and never having been taught to fetch 

 or carry, took between his teeth the cup she habitually 

 used, and brought it to her feet. I inquired into every 

 circumstance strictly on the spot, and was shown where he 

 found the cup.' 



Similarly I select the following case from a great 

 number of others that I might quote, because it is so 

 closely analogous to the above. It is communicated to 

 me by Mr. A. H. Baines : — 



There is a drinking-trough for him in my sitting-room : if 

 at any time it happens to be without water when he goes to 

 drink, he scratches the dish with his fore-paws in order to call 

 attention to his wants, and this is done in an authoritative way, 

 which generally has the desired effect. Another Pomeranian — 

 a member of the same family — when quite young used to soak 



