Page 107 - Jack's victory and other stories about dogs

them Dandie would immediately pick it out and

bring it to him.

Occasionally a comb was hid on the mantel­

piece in a room, and the dog required to bring it,

which he almost immediately did, although in
the search lie found a number of articles also

belonging to his master purposely strewed

around, all of which he would pass over until lie
found the identical comb as ordered, which he

would pick up and place in his master’s hand;

thus fully proving that he was not guided merely

by the sense of smell, but that he also perfectly

understood whatever was said to him.
One evening some gentlemen being in company,

one of them accidentally dropped a shilling on

the floor, which after a most careful search

could not be found. His master, seeing Dandie

sitting demurely in a corner and looking as
if quite unconscious of what was passing, said

to him;

" Dan die, find the shilling and you shall have

a biscuit”
The dog immediately leaped upon the table and