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which he at once acted. He had observed 

 that one of the elder Indian boys was accus- 

 tomed to hand round a plate for alms, after 

 which the service at once concluded. He 

 evidently thought that if he could persuade 

 this boy to take up the collection, the sermon 

 must naturally end. He ran down to the 

 back seat occupied by the boy, seated him- 

 self in the aisle, and gazed steadfastly in the 

 boy's face. Finding that no notice was 

 taken, he sat up and "begged" persistently 

 for some time, to Mr. Ashton's great amuse- 

 ment. Finally, as this also failed, the dog 

 put his nose under the lad's knee, and tried 

 with all his strength to force him out of his 

 place, continuing this at intervals till the 

 sermon was concluded. 



Did not this prove a distinct power of 

 consecutive reasoning ? 



A. H. A. 



