THE PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ANIMALS 233 
In will-power and ability to maintain an independent 
existence, the cat is superior to the dog. 
In the higher grades of intelligence, the wisest dogs 
are much in advance of the most knowing cats, which 
is foreshadowed, if not actually exemplified, in the early 
months of existence. 
The nature of the dog, as compared with the cat, 
tends to beget prejudices in his favour with the mass 
of persons, in any comparisons as to intelligence, 
desirable qualities, etc., so that there can be little doubt 
that in general the dog is over-estimated and the cat 
under-estimated by the great majority of persons; at 
the same time, the nature of the dog is much nearer 
that of man’s than is the cat’s. 
The kitten may amuse, but even a puppy dog touches 
chords of sympathy in the heart of man that the cat 
can never reach. 
V.—TuE RABBIT AND THE CAVY, OR GUINEA-PIG. 
In pursuance of the plan followed in other papers, I 
shall first give a record of observations on which to 
base conclusions. 
Both common and pure-bred rabbits have been 
studied, and this rodent will be considered before any 
comparison is made with the cavy or guinea-pig. 
The following notes refer to a litter of common 
rabbits. 
Thary. 
1st day.—The animals are found on the first day to 
be blind, the eyelids not vet having opened, and deaf. 
They are also naked, or almost entirely lack hair. 
