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Show 118 SPECIAL E.- PRESSIONS : CITA1'. V, snarls at another, the lip is generally rotractod on onr side alone, namely towards hi. enemy. . . . . The movements of a dog whilst exhibiting affecti~n towards his master were described (figs. 6 and 8) In our second chapter. These consist in the head and : Fig. 14.~L1Icad of snarling Dog. From life, by Mr. Wood. whole body being lowered and thrown into flexuous movements, with the tail extended :and wagged fron1 side to side. The ears fall down and are drawn somewhat backwards, which causes the eyelids to be elongated, and alters the w~ole appe~rance ~f the face. The lips hang loosely, and the ha1r remains smooth. All these movements or gestures are explicable, as I believe, from their standing in complete antithesis to those naturally assumed by a savage dog under fi CIIAI'. v. DOGS. 119 dire tly oppo itr , t( t f n1in 1. \Yh n a 111( n n1 r ly speak t , r jn t notic , , hi <loo·, w o \ th la. t vestige f these n1 v monts in a ·light wag of th tail, without any th \r mov n1ent of the body, and with ut even the ars b ing I w r d. Dogs al o xhibit th ir affection by de ·irinoo to rub again 't th ir rna t ,r. , and to be rubbed or patt cl by th m. Gratiol t explain the above g tur s of affi ction in th fall wing manner : and the r ader can judg whether the xr lanati u appears sati factory. peaking of animals in general, including the dog, h say~,2 " 'est toujours la partie la plus ensible de leurs corpR '" qui rech r he les caress s ou les donn . Lor qn " toute la longueur des flancs et du corps e t ensibl<\ " I' animal serp nte et rampe sous les car sses; t cc. '' ondulations se propag ant 1 long de mu ·cle analo" gues des segments jnsqu'aux cxtrcrnite de la ol01u~~ " vertebrale, la queue so ploie et s'agite." ] urthor on, h adds, that dog , when fe ling aft ctionat , lowor their ears in order to c .. 'clnde all sounds, so that th ir whole attention may be concentrated on th careA ,s of their master ! Dogs have another and striking way of exhibiting their affection, namely, by lickiug the haucls or faces f their masters. They son1otimes lick oth r dogs, and then it is always their chops. I have al o seen dog. li ·king cats ·with wh m th y were friends. Thi habit pr bably originat cl in the fCinal s carefully licking their puppies-the dearest object of their l vo-for th sake of cleansing them. ~rhey also often give th ir pur pies, after a short absence, a few cur ory lick , apparently fron1 affection. Thus th habit ·will have becomt. a .. ociated with the emotion of love, however jt n1ny 2 ' De la Physionomir,' 1865, pp. 187, 21R. |
