26 The American Naturalist. [January, 
within hail, and I prevailed upon its members by financial argu- 
ments to play to those beasts for an hour. They were pacified, 
but the neighbors for two hundred yards around were 
not.” 
While conceding a liberal margin for the embellishment of the 
interviewer and the enthusiasm of the interviewed, there is no 
doubt that the leaven of the fact prevails in the foregoing. The 
statement as to the wagging of heads, however, may safely be 
disregarded. 
Without further preamble or speculation, in proceeding with 
the data which are here brought together, we will begin with the 
domestic animals, and first with the dogs,—“ dogs of high and 
low degree.” 
DOGS AND MUSIC. 
Goodrich relates many interesting anecdotes on the apparent 
effect of music on various animals, among which I find this : 
“A dog in Paris, at the commencement of the Revolution, 
was know to musicians by the name of ‘ Parade,’ because he 
regularly attended the military at the Tuilleries, stood by and 
marched with the band. At night he went to the Opera, and 
dined with any musician who intimated, by word or gesture, that 
his company was asked, yet always withdrew from any attempt 
to make him the property of any individual.” 
Mr. W. S. Jones states that he has “a Skye terrier about four 
months old who, when the piano is played, seems to be curiously 
fascinated by the sound, and comes toward it, but then howls in ` 
a most plaintive way with his nose in the air, as if protesting 
against the sound.” 
C. J. W. says, “a black-and-tan terrier that we kept for some 
time was particularly sensitive to music. Although scales played 
on the piano made her yell piteously, it was by the concertina’s 
sweet influences that she was most affected, flying before it, and, 
if unable to leave the room, whining until the tune was stopped. 
A Spitzbergen dog-friend of ours is much excited by music, but 
when one tune is played its excitement is more marked ;—the 
