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noise, and, looking towards the place, saw a dog's 

 head, and directly afterwards his body, come out of 

 one of the hampers, and saw the dog walk across the 

 building, and search amongst the packages, when he 

 had found the one he wanted, he lifted up the lid with 

 his nose, jumped in and lay down; I at once went over 

 to see what name and number was on the package, and 

 found that one of your dogs had been put, by an over- 

 sight, into a wrong basket, and as he found out it was 

 not the proper one, he ate his way out, searched for and 

 found his correct travelling basket, and lay down in it, 

 ready to be sent home. I thought this was so smart and 

 intelligent of the dog that I have never forgotten it, and 

 have often mentioned it to my friends, who are inter- 

 ested in dogs." 



The following about the dog, which appeared in 

 the " Arcana of Science " in 1829, just seventy 

 years ago, may be interesting to some of my read- 

 ers at the present day: " The dog is the only animal 

 that dreams, he and the elephant the only animals that 

 understand looks and expressions; the elephant is the 

 only four-footed animal that feels ennui; the dog the 

 only quadruped which has been brought to speak. 

 Professor Leibnitz, in Saxony, bore witness to a hound, 

 he had heard speak thirty words distinctly." 



I am inclined to doubt the speaking faculty of the 

 dog, though I have certainly seen many animals that 

 could do almost everything, but speak. 



Buffon, the eminent French naturalist, says of 

 the dog, "More docile than man, more obedient 

 than any other animal, he is not only instructed 



