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which was apparently asleep on her rag near her, placed herself by the side 
of her stupid dog, and showed him what he was required to do by begging 
herself. Here was sense contrasted with a want of intelligence. This is a 
curious anecdote, and it is a perfectly true one. 
The book before us contains more useful hints for the management of 
dogs, both in the field, the house, or the kennel, than any similar work we 
have yet met with. It contains also some interesting facts on dog-stealing, 
which may be of use to those who may chance to lose one of these faithful 
animals. 
It would appear that the most careful watching on the part of the owner 
will scarcely prevent a dog being stolen in the streets of London. If he 
takes his eyes off his dog for a moment, he finds that it has disappeared, 
and in this way. Two thieves are in league. One walks about fifty paces 
ahead of tire owner of the dog, and drops small pieces of boiled liver called 
“ duff.” The dog naturally lags behind his master to eat it, when the second 
thief, generally dressed as a respectable mechanic, with an apron, catches him 
quickly up, covers him with his apron, and coolly walks by the owner, who, 
when he misses the dog, never dreams of suspecting anyone who is not running 
away. 
A dog is not safe from dog-stealers even if he wears a chain and collar, if 
he is entrusted to a careless person. A gentleman had a valuable dog, which 
had been twice stolen and brought back, and which Ids master determined 
never to trust out of the house again without a chain. He was one day, 
however, sent out to walk with an Irish servant, who came back without 
him, declaring tliat the dog had slipped his head through the collar when he 
was not looking. The dog was in a few days brought back, and his master 
again ransomed him, making it a condition of his doing so that the thief 
should tell him how the dog had been stolen. It then appeared that his 
servant had stopped to look at some of his countrymen mending the street, 
and, while so doing, one thief had held the dog’s chain with one hand to 
imitate the pulling of the dog, while with the other he undid his collar, 
wrapped him in his coat, and then pointing to his companion, who ran away, 
he told the servant that the fellow had just stolen his dog, who, of course, 
pursued him, leaving the animal in the possession of the other. 
The writer of this article had a favourite terrier called “Peter.” He brought 
him with him to a house he had taken in Lower Berkeley Street, Portman 
Square, in a close carriage, the dog never having been in London before. 
While the servant was unloading the carriage the dog was missed, and 
nothing heard of him for more than a fortnight, although handbills were 
circulated offering a reward for him. At the end of that time the dog rushed 
into the house, jumped up to his master, and showed every sign of joy. He, 
however, looked thin and starved, and had a piece of cord attached to his 
collar. He had evidently escaped from the dog-stealers, but how he found 
his way back to a house he could only have been in for a moment is not 
easily to be accounted for. 
Perhaps amongst the different breeds of dogs, the Scotch colley, or sheep 
dog, bears away the palm, whether for intelligence, patience, or fidelity. For 
instance a colley in the Highlands of Scotland was left in the solitary charge 
of a flock of sheep, which were feeding in a field separated only by a ruined 
