[TO THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR:]
Sin.„—A few weeks ago I sent you a dog-story. I now beg to send you another, related to me by the Bishop of Wake- field, when he was rector of Whittington, in the county of Salop. Dr. How is, I believe, a Shrewsbury man, and is therefore well acquainted with many a Salopian family. Well, in Shrewsbury a certain family had a dog of a religions turn of mind, who regularly attended the family prayers. When the bell rang for morning and evening prayer, the dog invariably accompanied the household into the room where prayers were said. Of course, each member of the family would kneel down, leaning upon a chair and with the head bowed down, supported by the hands and arms. The dog would copy this example exactly. He would sit upon his hind- legs, and in that way copy the kneeling of the family. Then, in order to copy the arms resting on the chair and the head in the hands, the dog would put his forelegs on the chair and his head down between them. He would remain in this attitude until prayers were over, and then, when the family rose, he would also rise, and perhaps leave the room with some
members of the household.—I am, Sir, &c., LIIDOVICITS.
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