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procession, or war (Youatt). The cat is proud of her kittens 

 and the bitch of her pups. The hen is equally proud of her 

 maternity. 



Under this head a passing reference may be made to self- 

 esteem or self-respect the sense of personal honour or in- 

 tegrity that are as apt to be wounded in the dog as in man 

 (Watson). 



The sentiments of disgust and contempt are feit and ex- 

 pressed by various old sporting dogs, under such circum- 

 stances as these : 



1 . Their efforts being rendered futile by the precipitancy 

 of the young. 



2. The sportsman missing his aim, or giving other evi- 

 dences of his incompetency. 



3. The stale or putrid condition of food (Walsh). 



4. The presentation of food that is simply unpalatable. 

 Thus sporting dogs have summarily deserted a sportsman 



in disgust at his non-success as a marksman, his missing 

 fire or not hitting his game ; his trifling, dilatoriness, or 

 stupidity in the loss of opportunity, or his other indications 

 of incapacity (Watson). 



A dog of Monteiro's freely showed her contempt for the 

 natives (Negroes) of Angola, as so many European masters 

 do. The dog, too, shows disdain on being deceived by man 

 (Watson) . 



A fighting dog of Berkeley's Svas so disgusted if any one 

 danced before him that he went and sat down with his head 

 concealed beneath a tablecloth or sofa-cover.' Even chickens 

 show disgust at unsuitable food (Spalding) ; and the same 

 emotion has been expressed by the pike (White). 



The sympathy of the dog for human suffering or trouble 

 sometimes begets suffering in the animal itself: it cannot 

 see a master or mistress ill, confined to bed, without itself 

 becoming depressed or unhappy ; and this misery may con- 

 tinue during the long illness of its human friend and com- 

 panion. The very keenness of its sympathy with human 

 emotion becomes sometimes a source of mental disorder. 



In connection with sympathy may be noted the capacity 

 or incapacity for giving, as well as receiving, consolation for 



