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hesitation, he got on the first and then on the second 
step, and carefully examined both by smelling them. He 
then turned round, and, without going near the drawing 
room, ran to the dining room door and barked sharply, 
Now all the time Edward had been ill I had never crossed 
the threshold of the drawing room; so closely had he ob- 
served my habits that, when he had failed to hear me leave 
the dining room, he noticed this change, and, finding by his 
nose that I had not gone up stairs, he became convinced that 
I had not left the room in which he had last seen me.” 
It should be explained that the boy was suffering from 
gastric fever, and his mother excluded the dog from the 
sick chamber, lest he should distress the patient by his 
attentions. Thus, her departure from thé dining room was 
the signal for their separation, and on the very first occa- 
sion when a change took place in her movements, he dis- 
covered it, and determined to rejoin her. 
As another example of reflection, the following was sent 
me by Miss Barbara Reeve, who was an eye-witness of the 
occurrence: “At my own home we had a colley, unrestrained 
except to act as watchdog and to understand that at the 
word ‘church’ he must always turn homewards. Nevertheless, 
he was a highly successful poacher; there were paddocks on 
either side of the garden, and along the top a narrow strip 
of plantation, bounded by two walls. When a hare was 
started, he would chase it with loud barks until it entered the 
narrow passage. He would then quickly turn, and silently be 
-in readiness at the corner to pounce upon his prey as it 
emerged at the other end. At first he brought his prizes to 
the kitchen door for exhibition, but ceased to do so after one 
of them was presented to the gardener’s wife.” The same 
lady vouches also for the following, on good authority: “A 
Scottish minister had a very intelligent dog, the sole pet 
of the household. One day, the clergyman’s sister got a 
present of some chickens, which seemed to arouse the dog’s 
jealousy, for he lost no time in killing and burying them. 
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