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similar character, to which the answers were correctly 

 given, as well as the correct spelling of many words of 

 one and two syllables. This seems incredible, but is 

 said to be well vouched for. 



If this does not indicate intelligent reasoning, it 

 would be difficult to say what it is that directs the 

 dog's mind ; and I believe in my own mind, that if intel- 

 ligent dogs could be endowed by the power of speech, 

 and longevity equal to man's, and have the flexible 

 hand of man, which is an immensely valuable feature, 

 they could be instructed as children are in language, 

 reading, and writing, and in consequent evolution take 

 rank above many of the degraded tribes of men who are 

 accounted the possessors of immortal souls, which are 

 by assumption denied to all the animals lower than man. 



Since I have written the above about Bozzie, I learn 

 from correspondence with Mr. Clason that she has de- 

 parted from earthly life, and that one of her descend- 

 ants, Tess, now two years old, is almost equal in intel- 

 ligence and action with her mother, and that a still 

 younger offspring, one year old, Bozzie III., is exhi- 

 biting an intelligence which the owner thinks exceeds 

 that of any of her race. 



Now come the accounts of the wonderful horse, 

 Hans, at Berlin, Germany, which is exciting much 

 comment and scientific examination by experts, and 

 whose picture has appeared in several illustrated 

 journals of prominence. It is stated that this horse 

 counts readily up to one hundred, and will indicate 

 a number correctly below that, by striking the floor 

 with one of his front feet, and will do sums in 

 arithmetic in complex numbers, and in fractions. It 

 seems almost, if not quite, incredible. 



