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whined, and tried to lick and scratch it, and was so much taken 
up with it that we — although so well knowing his intelligence — 
were all quite surprised — in fact, could scarcely believe that he 
should know it was my likeness. We, however, had sufficient 
proof after it was hung up in our parlour. The room was rather 
low, and under the picture stood a chair : the door was left open, 
wit! i out any thought about the dog; he, however, soon found it 
out, when a low whining and scratching was heard by the 
family, and on search being made, he was in the chair trying to 
get at the picture. After this I put it up higher, so as to 
prevent its being injured by him. This did not prevent him 
from paying attention to it, for whenever I was away from home, 
whether for a short or a long time — sometimes for several days 
— he spent most of his time gazing on it, and as it appeared to 
give him comfort the door was always left open for him. When 
I was long away he made a low whining, as if to draw attention 
to it. This lasted for years — in fact, as long as he lived. 
From this account it appears that when in the first 
instance the dog’s attention was drawn to the picture it 
was on the floor in the line of the dog’s sight ; the behaviour 
of the animal then and subsequently was too marked and 
peculiar to admit of mistake. 
Another correspondent in 6 Nature’ (vol. xx., p. 220), 
alluding to the previous letter, writes : — 
Having read Mr. Peach’s letter on ‘ Intellect in Brutes,’ 
as shown by the sagacity he witnessed in his dog, I have been 
asked to send a similar anecdote, which I have often told to 
friends. Many years ago my husband had his portrait taken by 
J. Phillips, It. A., and subsequently went to India, leaving the 
portrait in London to be finished and framed. When it was 
sent home, about two years after it was taken, it was placed on 
the floor against the sofa, preparatory to being hung on the 
wall. We had then a very handsome black-and-tan setter, 
which was a great pet in the house. As soon as the dog came 
into the room he recognised his master, though he had not seen 
him for two years, and went up to the picture and licked the 
face. When this anecdote was told to Phillips, he said it was 
the highest compliment that had ever been paid him. 
Similarly, in the same periodical (vol. xx., p. 220), 
Mr. Henry Clark writes : — 
Some years ago a fine arts exhibition was held at Derby. A 
portrait of a Derby artist (Wright) was thus signalised : — ‘The 
