280 THE BOOK OF A NATURALIST 
dog; not fond of display or much given to wild 
flights of imagination. He will only show that he 
possesses that faculty when asleep and barking at 
the heels of a dream-hare. He will show a deep 
affection for his master, like the teal spoken of in 
this article; also a strong sense of proprietorship, 
again like the teal and like the tame snake described 
by White of Selborne—a display of intellect which 
strangely simulates an instinct common to all 
creatures. And he will also show an_ intelligent 
curiosity, and examine things to find out what 
they are, and prove himself a very agreeable 
companion; as much so as Mr. Benjamin Kidd’s 
pet humble-bee. Moreover he will be accomplished 
enough to sit up and beg, retrieve a walking-stick 
from the Serpentine, close an open door, etc.; 
and besides these ordinary things he will do things 
extraordinary, such as picking up numbered or 
lettered cards, red, blue, and yellow, at his master’s 
bidding; in fact such tricks as a pig will perform 
without being very learned, not a Porson of its 
kind, but only possessing the ordinary porcine 
abilities. In conclusion the lecturer will bring up 
the savage, not in person, but a savage evolved 
from his inner consciousness, and compare its 
understanding with that of the dog, or of his dog, 
and the poor savage will have very much the worst 
of it. 
We have come to the end of the dog’s mind, and 
have arrived at that other question to which allusion 
has been made. The dog has a body as well as a 
