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being satisfied paws again just where there is a slight 

 elevation in the floor, is there reasoning ? 



When on nearly every occasion on seeing me, the 

 puppy that had been trodden on retired with his tail 

 down, and an appearance of dejection, did he reason 

 that I might be again the cause of some unpleasant 

 feelings to him ? 



Two evenings since, the weather being intensely hot, 

 the dam of these puppies was allowed to sleep on a 

 veranda (more airy) of the house instead of in the 

 kennel. She had not been on this veranda since last 

 summer. At a late hour I opened the door leading 

 from the veranda into the yard, and invited her to 

 come out. She declined to do so, which at first 

 surprised me. The dog did not wish to be removed to 

 the kennel, and this was borne out by the fact that on 

 the following evening, as she lay on the same veranda, 

 opening the door leading to the yard, and at the same 

 time that of the kitchen, she immediately got up and 

 walked into the kitchen. In the latter she had 

 received many a tit-bit. Wherein does the behaviour 

 of this St Bernard bitch differ from that of a child of, 

 say, five years of age who, when amid his play, is called 

 by his mother, but silently protesting turns quickly 

 away ? Does he, before turning, formulate any 

 sentences ? He can do so, to be sure, but does he 

 must he ? Is not the process, or series of processes, in 

 his mind closely akin to those in the mind of my y 

 St Bernard ? 



Is the behaviour of the puppy that turns away when 

 he sees me different from, or akin to, that of its dam, in 

 the circumstances already detailed ? 



In the case of pawing away the sawdust there seems 

 to be the recognition of a cause, yet it is possible to 

 separate this mental process wholly from the restless 

 moving about of an animal that does not find its bed 



