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and he grew up accustomed to its motions. I then 

 took the sparrow out of the cage and put in a finch, 

 which had also been taken from the nest, but was 

 reared far from such a machine, and he was frightened 

 and did not reconcile himself to it for some time. I 

 exchanged this bird for a goldfinch which had been 

 caught after he was full grown, and his alarm at the 

 little mill was so great that he did not dare to move. 



In a ground floor room which I used as my study, 

 I hung an old sheet, which reached to the ground, on 

 a long spear inserted in a heavy wooden disk ; I 

 surmounted it with a ragged hunting cap, and so 

 arranged the sheet as to give it some resemblance 

 to the human form. When my dog came in as 

 usual, he looked suspiciously at the object, snuffing 

 about and gradually approaching to walk round 

 and observe it. At last he was satisfied, and curled 

 himself up by the skirts of the bogey, where I 

 had placed the mat on which he was accustomed to 

 lie when he was with me. One evening when the 

 moon shone doubtfully and there was just light 

 enough to distinguish the outline of things, 1 carried 

 the shapeless bogey into the garden near my room, 

 and placed it among some shrubs and bushes. I 

 went back to the house and called my dog, who 

 followed me quietly until he reached the spot from 

 which he could see the bogey distinctly enough 

 for him to recognize its identity with the one with 

 which he was already familiar. As soon as he saw 



