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knows, and by causing me to put this and 

 that together. There is of course the vital 

 defect in the parallel that I could learn to 

 understand French, and the dog could never 

 learn to understand sentences ; but as so 

 many parallels have vital defects of some 

 kind, even down to that historic self-drawn 

 parallel between Alexander and the robber, 

 we may well say, whether we be men or 

 dogs, " Let me reflect." Dogs do undoubt- 

 edly reflect, and reason, and remember; and 

 they never forget their " grammar," as school- 

 boys do. Instinct, like chance, is only a name 

 expressing fitly enough our own ignorance. 

 Did not Luther and Wesley believe in the 

 resurrection of animals ? 



S. B. JAMES. 



\_Ag. 25, 1883.] 



A LITTLE illustration of canine intelligence 

 shown by my collie, Dido, may be added 

 to those which have lately appeared in the 

 Spectator. The dog was lying on the floor 

 in a room in which I was preparing to go 

 out. An old servant was present, and when 



