3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 14

A CAT AND DOG STORY.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."]

Sin,—In reference to your interesting article on "Benevo- lence in Animals " in the Spectator of October 15th, the following incident may interest your readers. A bassett hound I have and a cat were very devoted to one another, and fed regularly from the same dish. With an equal start, the cat fared rather badly; so one day the dog was tied up whilst the cat was fed, but before eating anything itself the cat selected a bone and carried it outside to the dog, and then returned to its own meal. This happened on two or three separate occasions. The bassett had a great objection to cats generally, and his great delight was to track one in tht Woodbourne, Lostock, Bolton-le-Moors, November 17th.