72 DOG STORIES 



I had given her directions about an errand 

 on which she was going, I said, " You will 

 take Dido with you?" She assented, and 

 the dog directly got up to follow her down- 

 stairs. I then remembered that I should 

 want a cab, so I asked the servant to send 

 one, and not to leave the house till I rang 

 the bell. On her leaving the room, Dido 

 resumed her quiet attitude on the floor, with 

 her nose to the carpet. In rather less than 

 ten minutes I rang the bell, and the dog at 

 once sprang up and ran downstairs to join 

 her companion. I had not spoken a word 

 after asking the servant to wait for the bell. 

 Was this word-reading, or voice-reading, or 

 thought-read ing. 



S. E. DE MORGAN. 



ANIMALS AND LANGUAGE. 



[Sept. i, 1883.] 



I CAN match Mrs. De Morgan's pretty story 

 of her Dido. A wise old dog with whom I 

 have the privilege to associate was, two or 

 three days ago, lying asleep in her basket by 



