"SUGGESTION" IN THE ANIMAL WORLD.
[To THE EDITOR OP THY "SPECTATOR."]
SIR,—I took our two small -dogs for a walk in the fields last Sunday, and during our tramp the little fox-terrier got a thorn into his foot, cried, and limped up to me for help.. I took him on to my knee and attended to the paw. While doing this I observed that the little dachshund had seated herself close to us and was watching us intently, and presently she also limped up to me with piteous whimpers and showed me a paw. Intensely amused I picked her -up and went throng!, the pretence of examining the foot. At every touch of my hand she winced and shivered and looked at me appealingly. It was comic in the extreme. I pitied her sympathetically, called her "poor little Judy," and at last put her down with a cheerful "There now, you're all right," when she scampered
off in high glee.—I am, Sir, 8cc., D. G.
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