DOG-STORIES.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—The story in the Spectator of February let of the dog 'Nelson,' that drowned the impertinent terrier, recall' a similar one that I am confident is quite true. A carter in Wilmington, Delaware. had a staid and dignified big dog that accompanied him in his trips. At one place an im- pudent little whiffet used to come out and bark at the big -dog, who, however, did not deign to notice this insolence. But the whiffet once went too far, and snapped at the big dog, with the result that the mastiff caught the little fellow by the back of the neck and took him and held his head just in front of the cart wheel. As soon as the wheel caught the little dog's head of course it crushed it, as the cart was heavily loaded with bricks; thereupon the mastiff walked back with dignity to his accustomed place beside the shaft horse, nor deigned to cast a look behind. As an American I want it known that the intelligence of our dogs goes on all fours with that of their British cousins.—I am, Sir, &C.,
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