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invite him to come, he gladly responds by 

 picking up the "out" card, and running 

 triumphantly with it before me to the front 

 door. In the same way he knows the " bone " 

 card quite well. As regards water (which I 

 spell phonetically, so as not to confuse him 

 unnecessarily), I keep a card always on the 

 floor in my dressing-room, and whenever he 

 is thirsty he goes off there, without any 

 suggestion from me, and brings the card 

 with perfect gravity. At the same time he 

 is fond of a game, and if he is playful or 

 excited will occasionally nan about with any 

 card. If through inadvertence he brings a 

 card for something he does not want, when 

 the corresponding object is shown him, he 

 seizes the card, takes it back again, and 

 fetches the right one. No one who has seen 

 him look along a row of cards, and select the 

 right one, can, I think, doubt that in bringing 

 a card he feels that he is making a request, 

 and that he can not only perfectly distinguish 

 between one word and another, but also asso- 

 ciates the word and the object. 



I do not for a moment say that Van thus 

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