As before stated, the stories of exceptional intelligence in dogs are without number; but, alas, many of these seem to reflect the enthusiasm of the dog lover rather than the observations of the cold seeker after truth. The London Spectator some years ago published a book filled from cover to cover with claimed-to-be-authentic stories of dogs. One story published told of an old mastiff that, wanting a fresh egg for dinner, caught a hen and carried her to his kennel, where he kept her a prisoner until she laid one, after which captor and captive became inseparable friends.

Another story alleged that a Dr. Bar-ford's dog was muzzled, but managed to get out of the nosepiece, which he promptly hid. A policeman found him and summoned his master to court. The children of the family told the dog how wicked he had been to get his master into so much trouble, and added the information that he, too, would have to appear in court on a given day. Later the case was postponed, but the dog was in court as per schedule.

Then there is the story of a dog which, on being rewarded with a bun for rescuing a drowning child, pushed another into the water so that he might get another bun. Still another story has it that a man on a walking tour in the Maine woods left his note-book at a lodge. He didn't have time to go hack for it, so the lodgekeeper held the tourist's glove to the dog's nose and commanded him to go back to the camp and get the book. In due time the dog was back with the forgotten diary.