DOGS 



With eye upraised his master's looks to scan , 

 The joy, the solace, and the aid of man. 

 The rich man's guardian and the poor man's friend , 

 The only creature faithful to the end. 



Obabbe. 



Intpoductofy 



The love of dogs is natural to moist people, it is never 

 acquired ; it seems born with them, and as the ' friend of 

 man ' this animal ought to hold a very high place in the 

 affection of dog-lovers ; besides, the companionship between 

 dog and man dates from the very earliest ages, and there- 

 fore it must be assumed that it was one of Dame Nature's 

 intentions. I read somewhere the remark : ' It is not all 

 men who understand dogs, but it is rare indeed to find a 

 dog that does not understand men.' 



I cannot understand how anyone can ill-treat them, or 

 how any can even dislike them, and I always feel pity 

 for persons who say 'they like dogs very well in their 

 places,' and think they have no right to canine friendship. 

 One has only to look at a dog's face and one's sympathy 

 goes out to it directly, and, as I read in some dog article, 

 ' no one can study dogs without seeing our own aboriginal 

 emotions clearly written in their faces. Love, hate, rage, 

 jealousy, irritability, sulkiness, shyness, shame, guilt, are 

 there, as with ourselves.' There is no doubt that dogs 



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