It was this dog, which along with the king’s baggage, was captured at Sohar, and at whose return he wept with joy. An elaborate monument at Sans Souci commemorates its virtues. All his dogs lie buried there, at either end of the terrace, under flat stones inscribed with their names. Frederick wished to be buried with them, but his successor was unwilling, and interred the great king with his ancestors. In his last illness he would sit for hours together on the sunshiny terrace--averse as ever to the society of his kind, but always with a chair at his side for a dog, and a feeble hand ready to pat its head. A few hours before he died, he bade the attendant throw an extra quilt--not over his own chill form--but over a shivering greyhound at his feet! What a tragic contrast to the joyous little drummer shown in the painting by Pesne. No less fond of dogs than Frederick, is Prince Bismarck to-day. It is his ardent wish that they too may live on in another world, so that death need not separate us from them. One noble hound twice saved his life, and--trustiest of confidants--accompanied him to the conference between the Emperors of Germany and Austria--behaving there with a diplomatic courtesy and reserve that would have done credit to Metternich. Sultel, or Sultan, a remarkably intelligent animal, was poisoned in 1877, at his master’s country-seat. He died, after some hours of intense suffering, throughout which Bismarck watched by his side. He has been long and deeply mourned. The princess offered a life pension to any one who would point out the assassin--but in vain; the wretch is still undetected. [Illustration: PRINCE BISMARCK AND HIS DOGS. (_From life photograph._)] It is said that Prince Bismarck feeds his dogs himself, and (whisper it low!) that he actually feeds them at table! No unpleasant “Off with you!” reminds his four-footed friends that they are not as men and brothers, and hence, as diners-out. Admitted to an honorable intimacy, the companions of their master’s walks and meals, the habitués of his study--they live with him on terms of mutual respect, and show by their stately bearing how truly they are dogs of distinction.