THE PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ANIMALS 197 
Very active and very mischievous. 
Seems to take a delight in interfering with my 
reading, writing, or whatever I may be engaged in. 
Late in the evening I call, “Puss! puss!” but no 
puss comes. After looking here and there it is dis- 
covered beneath the table, beside the waste - paper 
basket, trying to fide from me. When I go to one 
side of the basket the kitten betakes itself to the 
other. 
77th day—Is plainly growing fast, especially in 
height. 
The kitten, up to the present, has been out of doors in 
all about half a dozen times. On one occasion cried to 
get out. 
The kitten still cries when it feels any want, or when 
it cannot accomplish its object, or is disappointed, e.g. 
it will cry if it goes to the window and cannot find flies 
to catch. 
A Skye terrier is brought into the study, also the 
dachshund that was in before. Seems more inclined to 
attack the Skye than the other dog. 
Is more especially fond of sitting in my wife’s lap, 
and begins to show attachment to her above all the 
other members of the family. 
Now likes to lie before the fire. This especially 
shown yesterday, a wet and cold day. 
Now shows fondness for fish. 
Now often, when put in the pan, will scrape up the 
sand, yet keep looking about awaiting a chance to escape. 
The kitten now takes its sleep mostly at night. It 
has a much more intelligent, older, more matured look 
than a couple of weeks ago. 
81st day.—When calling for it at night in the dining- 
room it again plays at hide-and-seek. 
84th day.—Physical growth evident. The kitten’s 
eyes are now the colour of its mother’s, 
