2l6 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



he was guided by the sense of smell, as it is evi- 

 dent that the setters, whose habits of hunting 

 have developed in them a much more sensitive 

 olfactory power, would naturally have been the 

 first to have detected their master's approach, 

 and yet it was equally evident that the terrier's 

 ears were the first to catch the sounds. 



I have observed among dogs associated with 

 each other that where one should bark in the 

 distance, as though he had something at bay, his 

 companion, hearing him from the house, would 

 prick up his ears, listen for a moment, and then 

 dash off in the direction from whence the sounds 

 came ; whereas the bark of a strange dog, even 

 having something at bay, would only cause him 

 to listen, utter a low sound or grunt, and lie down 

 again and take a nap, as much as to say, " That's 

 nothing to me." I have known many instances 

 where dogs would follow the farm wagon to 

 town and faithfully guard the wagon and its 

 contents all day long, with a fidelity that we sel- 

 dom see in the most devoted servants. The at- 

 tachment of a dog to his master has been a sub- 

 ject of remark from time immemorial, until the 

 saying has crystallized into a maxim, " as faithful 

 as a watch-dog." A friend of mine had a little 



