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moment his master whistles a valse. He keeps perfect 

 time, and does not stop till the music ceases. 



Another canine musician is said to sing, and to succeed 

 in a good imitation of the do, re, mi, his voice rising and 

 falling with the notes. 



I read once of a dog who used to run on the legs of 

 one side. The animal would start in the usual way, and 

 when he had acquired a sufficient momentum, tuck up the 

 legs of one side, and scamper along on two legs till tired. 

 He would then acquire fresh impetus and give the other 

 legs a turn. 



A well-known M.P., about thirty years ago, was with 

 his wife at Bath, and they had with them their only child, a 

 baby boy just a little over a year old. The M.P. and his 

 wife were one night at the Bath Asseml>ly Eooms, having 

 left their little dog asleep in a bedroom, the servants being 

 in the kitchen. While at the Assembly Rooms, the at- 

 tention of the ]\I.P. was suddenly attracted by the little 

 dog which he had left at his house rushing up to him and 

 whining furiously, as if in a state of frenzy. His master, 

 following the movements of the dog, went to the door and 

 then home, the dog leading the way, jumping and barking 

 as they went along. It was found that a candle had been 

 left burning beside the bed in which the baby lay, and that 

 a curtain had taken fire. The dog had first alarmed the 

 servants, who were at their supper, and then went off to 

 his master, knowing where to hunt for him from having 

 been at the Bath Assembly Rooms before. The M.P., to 

 make the occuri-ence more eccentric, wrapped the child up, 

 and carried it to the Assembly Eooms and placed it in his 

 wife's lap. 



Sir Walter Scott was a great lover of dogs, and always 

 had fine ones round him. One day, in conversation with 

 a friend, he said : ' Those dogs,' pointing to two fine hounds 

 lying on the hearth, ' understand every word I say.' The 

 friend expressing doubts on the subject, Sir Walter, to 

 prove it, took up a book and began to read aloud : ' I have 

 two lazy good-for-nothing dogs who lie by the fire and 



