200 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



To-day, by a series of climbings, gets to my shoulders, 

 then puts up its paws on my head, and purrs in a most 

 decided way, suggestive of pleasure and affection. 



W*Jth day. Is trying to get into a flower-pot with 

 earth in it, apparently with the object of using it as 

 the pan; and about two weeks ago was observed to 

 scratch at sand in a vessel set near the fire to dry. 



110th day. Kitten sits in bedroom window looking 

 out, and evidently enjoying the sunshine and view. 



l~L2th day. Was again found up in a tree very near 

 the house, though the cause is unknown. 



The dachshund was in the study to-day. The kitten 

 evidently remembered the dog, and they at length put 

 nose to nose. 



When the kitten looks down on the dogs from the 

 upper veranda, it shows some fear, begotten of its tree 

 experience, I think, rather than from instinct alone. 



Later, the kitten gets sufficiently familiar with the 

 dachshund to be inclined to play with its tail and take 

 other liberties. 



After being fed of late the kitten quiets down, seems 

 pleased, perhaps grateful, purrs, etc. 



llSth day. In order to test its behaviour, a living 

 mouse, tied by the tail or hind leg, is confined in a 

 pasteboard box. The kitten smells at the box eagerly, 

 and follows up the box as it is carried away. When the 

 mouse is released the kitten seizes it with a growl. It 

 does not at once kill the creature, but plays with it. 

 When I go near the mouse it is seized with accompanying 

 growling. After thus playing with the mouse for from 

 fifteen to twenty minutes, the kitten eats it completely. 

 119th day. The dachshund is brought into the study 

 to-day. Is less afraid, and inclines to be more aggressive 

 with the kitten. + 



The kitten is inclined to play with the dog, but very 

 little seems to bring forth a hiss. 



