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and are, on the whole, the fleetest and most enduring dogs in the 
world, and the fox-hounds, that follow the trail with their noses 
close to the ground. The first rarely bark, but the latter are very 
noisy. The general and I used to listen with amusement to their 
attempts to strike the key note of the bugler when he sounded 
the calls summoning the men to guard, mount, stables, or retreat. 
It rather destroyed the military effect to see beside his soldierly 
figure a hound sitting down absorbed in imitation. With lifted 
head and rolling eyes there issued from the broad mouth notes 
so doleful they would have answered for a misericordia. 
During a period of ill health I boarded for several months at 
a hotel in Auburn, California, and a part of nearly every day was 
passed in the shade of a vine-clad summer house, on the neigh- 
boring grounds of an acquaintance, Dr. Todd. A friend of mine, 
a young man in poor health, boarded with the Doctor, and we 
were together every day. 
Doctor Todd had an old collie that served the purpose of a 
watch-dog. Our relations with the animal were such that it 
knew us to be friendly; during the day the dog was always with 
us. Without the slightest look, word, or sign of command, re- 
_ buke or menace by either of us, the moment I commenced to 
imitate a French horn he would immediately leave and skulk 
away to his kennel, evidently very much annoyed, and that too 
without regard to the tune. Whena veritable horn was played 
upon by my companion the poor dog trembled in every limb, 
went to his kennel, and remained there in a state of nervous agi- 
tation, made neither a bark, howl or moan, but wore a deplorably 
pitiable expression, as if his nerves were absolutely unstrung. No 
doubt the sounds affected him as the filing of a saw or Chinese 
instrumental music affect me. 
(To be continued.) 
