The Doy Understood

Prof. Owen, a noted Engllsh scientist, tells a story of a dog named Lion, who accompanled him and his master on a walk once on the coast of Cornwall. The master picked up a piece of eeaweed covered with minute animáis, and Mr. Owen observed to his companion: "If this small plece contains so many treasures, how rich must the whole plant be. How I should like to have one!" The dog lnstant'.y leaped Into the water and retumed with a plant of seaweed, which he laid at Prof. Owen's feet.