186 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 
just right. When solid food, as meat, is put in the 
mouth, it is rejected. 
Shows a desire to use claws; sticks them into objects. 
In play have seen an incipient run on two or three 
occasions. 
When the mother has been cleaning the kitten, after 
answering nature’s calls, there have for some days been 
cries, but to-day there is active protest with teeth and 
claws, which, however, the mother heeds but little. 
When placed on a window ledge, 2 feet from the 
floor (and seeming more), the kitten looks down and 
plainly would like to get down, but does not venture 
to try the descent. 
After lapping milk to-day it cleans itself (toilet). 
Is seen for the first time to wash its own face. 
30th day.—To-day, a pan, containing some fine sand 
in the bottom, is set near the kitten’s box which is to 
be used as a retiring place to encourage cleanly habits. 
The sand will be frequently renewed. 
The studies in connection with this have proved very 
interesting and instructive to the writer. 
The kitten climbs out of box, and goes to the corner 
of the room near the box, and cries. It is then lifted 
into the pan and soon passes urine. 
It then visits the book-shelf and tries to get in; eves. 
Not succeeding, it returns towards its box, and having 
to pass the pan on the way, it puts one paw into the 
sand, but withdraws it and goes on. 
It soon enters its box and sleeps. 
Later, is out of its box. 
The tearing of the paper wrappers from a journal 
startles it considerably. 
In the evening leaves its box and plays a good deal. 
It can now walk well, and run in some fashion. 
It carries ¢ai/ in all ways now, and moves it more 
or less. 
