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if she knew what it meant (had been before whipped two or three times). As I moved tlie 

 whip slie put up one paw as if to ward it off. 



b2nd day. — Cooler to-day and the puppies are cpiieter. Barking now frequent; seems 

 to be partly from excess of animal spirits and at other times from a sort of wantonness. I 

 notice an advance in co-ordination in scratching ; they adapt one part to another still more 

 like an old dog than formerly. 



b2>rd day. — "When I lift the whip and wave it three feet above them, another one lifts 

 a paw. They all look as if they knew the meaning of a whip better. 



When I shouted " puppy" from an upper veranda about 50 feet distant, two of them 

 that were lying quietly in the sawdust arose and looked towards the source of the sound. 



bAth day. — The same sort of pawing and at the same places as before. 



It is scarcely possible to go into the kennel anywhere now when they are awake without 

 some of them detecting my presence by ear, eye or smell, or by all three as is now evidently 

 often the case. 



bbth day. — Warm. Much barking and restlessness. They have for some two or three 

 weeks had the range of two compartments of the kennel ; but they would evidentl}- like the 

 range of the whole yard as well as the outside run ; and if this were once permitted experi- 

 ence with other puppies has taught me they might be unwilling to stay in the kennel at all 

 during the day, which condition of things would not in several respects be desirable. 



The dog trodden upon still shows that he remembers ; but will now return to the lip-call. 



56</i day. — Eighth week. Though the litter remains an even one, changes characteristic 

 of growth and development are evident. 



The bitch puppy shows very pronounced changes in colour of coat, expression of face, 

 temperament, etc., and has the most marked individuality of any of them at present. She 

 seems still precocious. 



blth day. — They are so active it is difficult to move around among them. 



It is noteworthy that they use the kennel compartment they occupied originally as a 

 retirinij place to answer to nature's calls, while they play, rest and sleep chiefly in the 

 additional compartment last given them. 



Perhaps this is to be accounted for in part by the fact that from the latter there is a 

 door opening outward and another of wire netting through which they can look out and 

 catch an occasional breeze. 



58/A day. — An ox's head that had been boiled free from all flesh was placed amongst 

 them. They all attacked it eagerly, showing inexperience. 



An old dog would have acted in this way only in case of extreme hunger. 



Some desist and again return to the attack, but show' that already experience has not 

 been lost on them. Some of them growl when others approach. 



59//( day. — The puppies are given small rib-bones from cooked lamb. Each carries oti' 

 his own with tail up ; uses the paws to steady the bone ; gets hold of it with his teeth by 

 the end so that he may gnaw off perchance some of it ; growls when a fellow approaches, 

 etc. All this was suggestive of the behaviour of an old dog. The puppies plainly recognize 

 the nature of a fellow's growl under these circumstances. 



60//i day. — Temperature higher. The puppies show the effect of the heat both physically 

 and psychically. 



Qlst day. — To-day one sheep's head and a bone for each placed in their compartment. 



