28 The American Naturalist. [January, 
was so affected by the music of a violin that he would howl, and 
if the music was persisted in would fly at the musician, and one 
or the other would have to leave.” 
DOGS AND CHURCH-BELLS. 
“ Living next door to us in our English home was the sexton 
of a church, in the belfry of which was a beautiful peal of eight 
bells. Each Sunday morning and evening before service the’ 
sexton, as leader of the bell ringers, would go to the belfry (the 
church stood exactly opposite his house) to perform his duties. 
He had a large Newfoundland dog, which—no sooner did he 
perceive the sexton going out—would take his stand just outside 
the door of his master’s house, and immediately the bells began 
to ring would raise his head and howl in the most melancholy 
and profound manner. No speaking to him would change his 
position; he would go on until the ringing ceased.” 
A Salem, Illinois, dog has.been reported as similarly affected 
by the sound of church bells, and, it would seem, by Presbyterian 
in particular : 
“ Conrad Bollinger for some years past was the owner of two 
dogs which were much attached to each other. Several months 
since one of them died, and the effect thereby produced on the 
one living was very marked. It for days acted strange, as if 
lost; and when the bell of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church 
rang it set up a doleful noise. This it does at each ringing of 
the bell, during which time it will gaze intently up at the belfry. 
If the ringing is not protracted it keeps up the whining, howling 
noise, and when done it returns to the house, which is near to 
the church. None of the other bells seem to affect this dog.” 
HOUNDS AND THE BUGLE. 
In Mrs. Custer’s entertaining volume, “ Boots and Saddles,” 
she mentions the effect of the Cavalry Bugle-call as follows: 
“ The pack of hounds were an endless source of delight to the 
general. We had about forty; the staghounds, that run by sight, 
