DOG-STORIES.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] •
Siu,—I heard to-day two animal stories which amused me, and may be interesting to you and your readers. They both come from sources that satisfied me of their truth. First,—a black-and-tan terrier, being taken for the first time in a con- veyance (a cab), and being held up to look out of the window, observing objects quickly passing by him, seemed to think that he must be running, and hung out his tongue, and exhibited every other usual sign of being out of breath through vigorous exertion.
Second,—a pointer, being allowed to run in and out of a house, made a " point " at the baby whenever it was put down to crawl upon the floor ! Hearing these two stories has re- minded me of what I saw myself a few years ago. A fat pet pug-dog had in some way come so strongly to associate water with the necessity for swimming, that if (as I myself saw) it were held up off the ground and one of its feet dipped into a saucer of water, it would start and keep up for two or three minutes the motions of swimming.—I am, Sir, &c., E. F. K.
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