2.  It is not safe for little children to touch every strange dog that they see, because some dogs are naturally rather cross, and may possibly bite any one who touches them, when they do not know the persons.

3.  But when a dog knows any one, and sees that his master is fond of that person, he will let such a person play with him.  He is always pleased with any attentions that his master’s friends bestow on him.

4.  Large dogs are generally more gentle than small ones, and seldom bark so much as the little ones do.  They are also more easily taught to carry bundles and baskets, and draw little carriages for children to ride in.

5.  Some people are very much afraid of dogs, because they sometimes run mad.  The bite of a mad dog produces a very dreadful disease, called Hydropho’bia.

6.  This is a long and hard word, and means a fear of water.  It is called by that name because the person who has the disease cannot bear to touch or to see water.

7.  Dogs that are mad cannot bear to see water.  They run from it with dreadful cries, and seem to be in very great distress.

8.  Whenever, therefore, a dog will drink water, it is a pretty sure sign that he is not mad.

9.  This dreadful disease very seldom affects dogs that are properly supplied with water.

10.  Dogs require a great deal of water.  They do not always want much at a time, and it is seldom that they drink much.  But whoever keeps a dog ought always to keep water in such a place that the dog may go to it to drink, whenever he requires it.

11.  A dog is a very affectionate animal, and he will permit his master, and his master’s children and friends, to do a great many things to him, which he would perhaps bite others for doing.

12.  There are many very interesting stories told of dogs, which show their love and fidelity to their masters, which you can read in a book called “Anecdotes of Dogs.”

13.  But there are a few little stories about dogs that I know, which I will tell you, that are not contained in that book.  I know these stories to be true.

14.  My son had a dog, whose name was Guido.  He was very fond of playing in the street with the boys, early in the morning, before they went to school.

15.  Guido was always very impatient to get out into the street in the morning, to join the boys in their sports; and all the boys in the street were very fond of him.

16.  He used to wake very early, and go into the parlor, and seat himself in a chair by the window, to look out for the boys; and as soon as he saw a boy in the street, he would cry and whine until the servant opened the door for him to go out.

17.  One very cold morning, when the frost was on the glass, so that he could not see out into the street, he applied his warm tongue to the glass, and licking from it the frost, attempted to look out.