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handsome. We could not bear to give him the name 
of his lamented predecessor; so Mrs. Gray named him 
Hans, —a souvenir of Pontrilas. . . . 
Dr. Gray’s dogs and cats were always well-recog- 
nized members of the family. He had a great love of 
animals, which was warmly returned by his different 
pets. In his early married life the kittens he helped 
raise by feeding them with a dropping-tube from his 
microscope rather preferred him to their young and 
careless mother, and, confounding all other men with 
him, were perpetually scrambling into laps, to the 
surprise of callers. Two grew into fine cats, who de- 
manded a regular attention and consideration from 
him, reminding him by gentle taps, one on each side, 
when bedtime came. 
Of his first dog, he always said that they stood 
more in the relation of brothers than master and dog ; 
and the dog felt a guardian care of him. The differ- 
ent characters of his two Newfoundland dogs, and 
of the smaller ones he had later, interested him, for 
they were singularly different, though both the New- 
foundlands shared his affection for a pretty Maltese 
eat who had succeeded the other cats; they were espe- 
cially fond of her kittens and attentive to them, allow- 
ing them all sorts of liberties. The cats and dogs 
always lived affectionately together. Dr. Gray always 
recognized their good consciences, which varied some- 
what with the different type of animal, and considered 
that the size of different breeds had much to do with 
their characteristics. They always learned to eat what 
their master did; not so much, he would say, from 
any preference for oysters and dry toast, as that they 
were ambitious to do as far as possible what he did. 
