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a small kennel in which to lie. Its master's grave 

 became from that time its home, and on its death 

 it was honoured with a monument recording its devo- 

 tion. In the case of the dog the strongest forms of 

 the emotions of affection, jealousy, and grief centre 

 round human beings. They are shown in a very 

 minor degree in their relation to each other. Perhaps 

 the most curious instance is that of a female which 

 mated for life with a handsome male dog, for which 

 she reserved her entire affections, and after his death 

 would associate with no other an instance both of 

 grief and constancy. But the minor forms of sorrow 

 are very readily evoked in their dealings with men. 

 1 Why should I leave the dog at home ? ' asks the 

 sportsman in Mr Oswald Crawfurd's witty account 

 of a Portuguese ' cacada.' ' If I leave him at home, 

 he will howl all day, and my wife will wish herself 

 dead/ Their sensitiveness under temporary disgrace 

 or neglect is no less obvious ; but canine sorrow is 

 in its strongest form reserved to deplore the loss of 

 human friends or masters. In no other domestic 

 animal is the emotion so constantly exhibited, or in 

 so strong a form, although Mr Rudyard Kipling's 

 story of My Lord the Elephant (if founded on 

 fact) shows that that animal is sometimes capable of 

 devotion as great as that of the dog. 



Horses and cattle, though attached to individuals, 



