ften grooming
down the dog, licking him and rubbing him dry, and the dog getting up
and turning over the ungroomed side to be finished. This curious
friendship went on for six months or more, till the dog had to be kept
in durance vile to save him from traps and destruction, the cat, nothing
daunted, going on with her poaching until one day she met her fate in a
trap, and so brought her course to an end. The dog was a well-bred
fox-terrier, and the cat a tabby of nothing beyond ordinary
characteristics, save in her early life having been fostered by a hen,
and in her prime the staunch friend and comrade of poor old Foxie, the
terrier. If there are "happy hunting-grounds" for the animals hereafter,
and such things are allowed in them, no doubt they will renew their
intimacy, if not their poaching forays, together there.

R. J. GRAHAM SIMMONDS.

THE SENSE OF BOUNDARY IN DOGS.

[_March 14, 1885._]

I have been much interested in the communications which have appeared
from time to time in the _Spectator_ in reference to "animal
intelligence." Recently my attention has been called to a somewhat
striking illustration of it, in the case of my own dog and his canine
neighbour next door. Wallace is an Irish staghound, and is about a year
old. My neighbour's dog is a pointer, and is considerably advanced in
life. There is no hedge nor fence separating the two estates. The
dividing line runs between two stone posts about a foot in height, and
more than two hundred feet from each other. The dogs have never been
friendly, the pointer having repeatedly driven Wallace back over the
boundary when he has caught him trespassing. Both dogs, even when going
at full speed, stop the moment my dog has crossed the line. How does
the pointer know where the line runs, and how does Wallace know when he
is safely across it?

F. TUCKERMAN.

THE END.

INDEX.

Affection, 106

Affection, A Dog's, 105

Alpine Dog, An, 63

Animal Intelligence, 68

Animals and Language, 72

Animals, Communication with, 77

Animals, Friendships of Dogs with other, 135

Animals, How our Meaning is Conveyed to, 65

Animals, The Courage of, 217

Are Dogs Colour-blind? 213

Arts, Dogs and the, 119

Australian Dog Story, 203

Automata, Conscious, 136

Biography of Sprig, 237

Boundary, Sense of, in Dogs, 260

Bully's Short Cut, 30

Canary, Dog and, 150

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