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Clones. There he found himself alone when he jumped out; 

 he went into the station-master's office and looked about, then 

 into the ticket-collector's and searched there, and then ran off 

 to the town of Clones, a mile distant. There he searched the 

 resident engineer's office, and not finding his master, returned 

 to the station and went to the up platform. When the up 

 train arrived, he jumped in, but was driven out by the guard. 

 A ballast titiin then drew up, going on to a branch line which 

 was being constructed to Caran, but which was not finished yet. 

 The dog travelled on the engine as far as the line went, and 

 then ran the remaining five miles to Caran, where Mr. Town- 

 send's sister lived. He visited her house, and not rinding his 

 master, ran back to the station, and took a return train to 

 Clones, where he slept, and was fed by the station-master. At 

 four in the morning he took a goods train down to Dundalk, 

 where he found Mr. Townsend. 



Clones 



Dundalft 



It would be easy to continue multiplying anecdotes of 

 canine intelligence ; but I think a sufficient number of in- 

 stances have now been given for the only purpose that I have 

 in view namely, that of exhibiting in a connected manner 

 the various psychological faculties which are presented by 

 dogs, and the level of development to which they severally 

 attain. I may again remark that I have selected these 

 instances for publication from among many others that I 

 could have given, only because they conform to one or other 

 of the general principles to which I everywhere adhere in 

 the quoting of facts. That is to say, these facts are either 

 matters of ordinary observation, and so intrinsically credi- 

 ble ; or they stand upon the authority of observers well 

 known to me as competent ; or they are of a kind which 

 do not admit of mal-observation ; or, lastly, they are well 

 corroborated by similar accounts received from indepen- 

 dent observers. I think, therefore, that this sketch of the 

 psychology of the dog is as accurate as the nature of the 

 materials admits of my drawing it. If it is fairly open to 

 criticism on any one side, I believe it is from the side of 



