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this theory be correct, the verbal sounds used 

 would convey the speaker's meaning, not in 

 virtue of the precise sounds themselves, but 

 of the intention put into them by the 

 speaker. I should be glad to know if the 

 experience of others tends to confirm this 

 theory, which I do not remember to have 

 seen suggested before. 



A. EUBULE-EVANS. 



\_Aug. 1 8, 1883.] 



I BEG to contribute another anecdote on the 

 subject ot how our meaning is conveyed to 

 animals. When I was in Norway with my 

 husband, a dog belonging to the people of 

 the house went with us in all our walks. 

 One day a strange dog joined us, and 

 seemed to wish to get up a fight with our 

 dog, Fechter, who for protection kept 

 almost under our feet ; my husband said 

 several times, " Go on, Fechter," in English, 

 which he immediately did, but soon came 

 back again. At last we succeeded in driving 

 the strange dog away, but he soon returned. 

 Then my husband said without any alteration 



