A DOG DELIBERATING. 



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across earnestly, sniffs the air as if to smell the distance, 

 then whines in distress of mind. Presently he makes a 

 movement to spring, checks it, and turns round as if look- 

 ing for advice or encouragement. Next he runs back a 



DOG AT STREAM. 



short way as if about to give it up ; returns, and cranes 

 over the brink ; after which he follows the bank up and 

 down, barking in excitement, but always coming back to 

 the original spot. The lines of his face, the straining eye, 

 the voice that seems struggling to articulate in the throat, 

 the attitude of the body, — all convey the idea of intense 



