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During fourteen years the dog remained at the tomb. He 

 then died. A monument has been erected to his memory 

 by the desire of the Baroness Bnrdett Coutts. It is a 

 fountain placed in the most unfrequented part of Edinburgh, 

 is seven feet high, and is surmounted by the statue of 

 Bobby in bronze. 



Musical Terriers 



I have read of musical dogs, and which generally be- 

 long to the terrier breed. I have never come across one 

 myself, so will only repeat an anecdote of one which hails 

 from that land of wonder — America. A young lady of New 

 York had a Scotch terrier which was able to discriminate 

 notes, and was a good critic. When he was a pup of three 

 months old, hearing a barrel-organ play the ' Boulanger 

 March,' he began to caper in a pleased manner, and keep 

 time with playful yelps. When the tune changed to ' The 

 Heart Bowed Down,' the dog fell to the floor and moaned 

 as if in pain. When the Swan Song from ' Lohengrin ' was 

 struck up, it had the effect of making him walk slowly 

 round, barking plaintively all the time. When lively music 

 was played, the dog ran in a frolicsome way, emitting 

 short barks. ' Yankee Doodle ' set him into prolonged 

 barks, and the ' Marseillaise ' drove him into a corner howling 

 with fear. As the dog grew up he always insisted sitting 

 beside his mistress as she played. 



At Boston there lived a Dr. Gross, who possessed a 

 black and tan terrier who was able to accompany her master 

 in a duet, ' The Last Rose of Summer ' being her favourite. 

 At a signal, the dog would get on the music stool, and 

 with erect head, survey the auditors. ' As the dijctor gave 

 a prelude on his violin she opened her mouth and started 

 with a sort of whine. As the doctor proceeded with " The 

 Last Rose," the songstress showed by increasing pathos the 

 effect of the musical afilatus and of the sentiment. She 

 refuses to perform if any one laughs.' 



Anotherterrier I have read of rises on his feet the 



