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raven dashed at the young birds from the opposite side 

 and carried one off. This trick was repeatedly played 

 until several of the young turkeys were taken. 



These acts appear to be remarkable evidences of animal 

 intelligence, and seem to indicate that foxes and ravens 

 think along human lines. The results were accomplished 

 as described ; but whether it was designed and worked out 

 in the mind of fox and raven, is a question that can not be 

 answered. It may have been entirely accidental on the 

 part of the various animals. 



Once in following a hare at runaway speed my horse 

 and hounds slowly gained. The country was a desert ; 

 there was hardly a thing in sight, but suddenly a small 

 bunch of weed appeared. The hare turned about it like a 

 flash of light and ran directly back beneath my horse's 

 feet. This, apparently, was a trick to throw off the dogs 

 and obtain a fresh start. On another occasion a hare, that 

 had led me a long chase, stopped and ran around a large 

 tree, the foliage of which touched the ground. The dogs 

 soon became dizzy, and I called them off, not allowing 

 them to follow an animal capable of playing what seemed 

 to be a clever and intelligent trick upon them. But did 

 the hare really try to make the dogs dizzy .'' I think not. 



Dr. Jordan describes the intelligence of a hare, and I 

 have heard of a similar instance. A hawk, or eagle, was 

 chasing a hare when the little animal ran at a barb wire 

 fence and crawled under from side to side as the bird 

 made dashes at it, so escaping. This suggests intelligence 

 of a high order ; yet the jack rabbit, and the entire tribe, 

 are very stupid in many other ways. 



Dogs are often credited with human intelligence. 



