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fact, as it affects, for instance, a fondly-loved master or his 

 remains ; and it shows this non-appreciation of the facts by 

 a variety of behaviour. Thus it sometimes resolutely de- 

 fends its master's dead body against all comers, however 

 respectful and kindly they may be ; it protests against his 

 burial by every means in its power ; it would scratch up the 

 earth of the grave, so as to exhume the corpse, if not forcibly 

 prevented ; it tries to feed dead masters, and rescues their 

 corpses when drowned, licking them in order to their resus- 

 citation ; it sticks to the dead body till burial, and to the 

 grave long after it even for months or years fondly but 

 foolishly. 



