27 AUGUST 1887, Page 17

A CANINE INTRIGUER. [To THE Roma or THE .Sescr■ros."] Sta,—As

you have quoted the Rev. Dr. Haughton, of Dublin Uni- versity, as a great patron and admirer of dogs, will you allow me, in justice to my absent colleague, to say that he is by no means blind to their moral defects P He can even be sarcastic on them sometimes. Meeting him some time ago in company with one of his canine friends, I expressed my surprise at the fact that the two eyes of the animal were remarkably different in size. 4' Yes," said the Doctor ; " and he takes a mean advantage of the fact whenever I have a stranger to dine with me. He first gets fed at one side of my guest, and then goes round the table to his ether side and pretends to be another dog."—I am, Sir, Sco.,

G. F. S.