-») The Minds of Animals 



1)UL this (lictiini of our patf-rfamilias is oftf-n surpassed 

 by that of the visitor vvIkj, scciiiL^ ahove the cai^e th(^ 

 words " I'.ast African Rhinoceros," jumps at once to the 

 conchisifjn that it is a case of two small rhinoc(,'roses with 

 their old mothei- ! I here is no reason lor this observer 

 to sujjpose that a young rhinoceros does n(Jt look like 

 a goat ! 



Whoever may douht the truth of this should con\'ince 

 himself In' (|uestioning the ke(_:per of the rhinoceros in the 

 Zoological ("iardens in Ijerlin. 



\^)U will generally gather from books that the* 

 rhinoceros is a dull and uninteliig(mt animal. iJull and 

 uinntelligent he is undoubtedly from a merely human 

 standpoint ; but he should, ol course, l^e regarded in quitct 

 another light, and would then be; found to })e gifted with a 

 s|}ecially directed intelligence; of a very highly developed 

 kind. These animals cannot, of course, make deductions 

 and draw conclusions frcjm th(;ir ]>ast (experiences like men, 

 who inherit these intell(;ctual treasures fVom remote ages, 

 transmitted in an enriched form from one generation to 

 another by means of the gift of speech. 



Ikit, on the other hand, if a century ago every 

 rhinoceros had been endowed m(-rtdy with the intelligence 

 of an average civilised man, and thus endowed had been 

 the pr(;y of reckless unsparing sportsmen, not a single 

 one of ih.em would now be; ali\'e. in just the same way 

 must it be accounted for something that elephants have 

 mastered so important a piece of knowledge during th<; 

 last few decades as how to save themselves from the 

 deadly fire of modern rifles. It is a great mistake t<; 



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