a4 The Carntvora. 
in the other dog, for 1 ordered him to sit up, and let him see 
me dip the pipe into the bowl and blow a bubble before 
him. This I placed on his nose, where it remained a second 
or two before bursting. I let him smell the pipe and the 
bowl of suds, and blew a few more bubbles, while he watched 
me with evident signs of inquiry. Subsequently, I have never 
succeeded in inducing him to undertake any philosophical 
investigation into the nature of soap bubbles. When I blow 
them, and order him to bring them to me, he simply puts his 
paw on them with an air of contempt, and wags his tail. He 
has found out that I make them, and there is no longer any 
mystery in it; for to him ‘whatever is, is right”—when he 
is assured that his master and friend has the doing of it. 
Some years ago I tried the effect on this dog and his 
companion, Hector, of attracting their attention, and then 
distorting my features in every possible way. It should be 
said that I had tried the effect frequently of entering the 
room unexpectedly, with masks of various patterns on my face, 
but, beyond a momentary glance at my disguise, the dogs were 
not in any way moved by the fraud; though once Carlo I. 
put up his paw while I was gazing steadily at him, and 
endeavoured to tear the mask from my face, thus indicating 
his perception of its artificial character; for he certainly 
would not have risked hurting my real skin by such an act. 
I found it impossible, too, to gain his attention to any grimaces 
I might make; whereas Hector, a dog of very serious cha- 
racter, was always more or less strongly moved. While I was 
twisting my features about, he would watch me intently and 
anxiously for a moment, and then shrink away, with his tail 
down, and glance furtively at me from a corner of the room, 
or turn his head away, and put up a paw with an air of 
deprecation. If I followed him about the room, he would 
retreat nervously, and bark in a peculiar tone once or twice, 
endeavouring to get under any piece of furniture. As soon 
as I allowed my features to resume their natural expression, 
and smiled, he would come up to me and exhibit his sense 
