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ZT. 66. ] TO G. FREDERICK WRIGHT. 677 
Max was a black and tan terrier, not remarkable in 
any way for beauty or intelligence, but interesting 
from his warm affection and the power it had in de- 
veloping his intelligence. To be near and to please 
‘his beloved master was enough for him. Anything 
his master did was right and to be submitted to. 
Max had conscience, but it did not restrain him from 
showing his vexation when left at home, by throwing 
Dr. Gray’s hat and gloves, ete., on the floor; but his 
shame and penitence always betrayed him. It seemed 
as if the joy of his master’s return had killed him. 
Dr. Gray’s next pet was a very small puppy; so 
small that for the first few months Dr. Gray would 
drop him into his pocket when calling on certain 
friends. He was said to be a Japanese terrier, and 
grew to be a great beauty, with long, white, curling 
hair (with some black markings) to the tips of his 
ears and toes, and a tail like a plume, curling over 
his back, all so fluffy he was given the name of Puff. 
Dr. Gray always called him a “little pagan dog,” 
because, he said, his conscience was so unequally de- 
veloped. But though willful and obstinate, with great 
self-sufficiency, he was very attractive. It was a piece 
of his mischief as a puppy that called out the follow- 
ing letter from his master to Rev. G. F. Wright. 
TO G. FREDERICK WRIGHT. 
CampBrinGE, December 11, 1878. 
Rev. Str, — Will you be so good as to accept a 
puppy’s penitent apologies for his naughtiness, and a 
new pair of rubbers in place of those which I wickedly 
destroyed, because it was ‘“ my nature to” at the time 
you last visited my master. I wish you to know that 
I am as sorry for it as 1 am capable of being, that I 
