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Chapters on Animals. 



always sees humanity very much from his master's point 

 of view. The poor man's dog does not dislike the poor. 

 I may go much farther than this, and venture to assert 

 that a dog who has lived with you for years will make the 

 same distinction between your visitors that you make your- 

 self, inwardly, notwithstanding the apparent uniformity of 

 your outward politeness. My dog is very civil to people I 



The Faithful Vi^ATCH-DOG. 



Pen drawing after Karl Bodmer, by D. Munro. 



like, but he is savage to those I dislike, whatever the tailor 

 may have done to lend them external charms. I know 

 not how he discovers these differences in my feelings, 

 except it be by overhearing remarks when the guests are 

 gone. 



How much do dogs really understand of our language ? 

 Perhaps a good deal more than we generally imagine. 

 Please observe that in learning a foreign tongue you 

 arrive at a certain stage where most of what the foreign 



