238 ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



These organs are now thinner, held more erect, and 

 better unfolded, so to speak. 



16th day. I think they begin to distinguish objects 

 by sight, though it is difficult to demonstrate this. 



It is impossible to produce the winking reflex till the 

 eyes are actually touched. 



17th day. It is difficult now to say whether they 

 approach objects through sight or smell. 



18th day. When I sneezed close to their box to-day, 

 they all huddled together, in a startled way, in a corner 

 of their nest, in a manner very characteristic of older 

 rabbits when alarmed. 



By the manner in which they leave and enter their 

 nests, I conclude that they retain the memory of the 

 relations of objects, apart from visual and olfactory 

 sensations. 



The mother is now weaning her offspring. 



One is seen circling around in the box, as if attempt- 

 ing to find the mother by feeling, making it doubtful if 

 distinct vision is even yet possible to them. 



To-day they eat clover. 



20th day. They not ODly eat green food, but gnaw 

 at a crust of stale bread. 



They jump about in the box, as if playing. 



They seem to follow by smell a green stalk I hold in 

 my hand. 



One is so startled by my sneezing that it jumped off 

 the top of a barrel on which I had placed it. 



The ears are now relatively longer and thinner, and 

 are better held. 



21st day. They detect objects (food) by smell at an 

 increased distance. 



They are leaping about a good deal, apparently from 

 excess of vitality. 



22nd day. Th&y follow my finger as I move it, so that 

 I think there is now no doubt that this is done by sight. 



