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shows more intelligence than has been re- 

 corded in the case of other dogs ; that is not 

 my point, but it does seem to me that this 

 method of instruction opens out a means by 

 which dogs and other animals may be enabled 

 to communicate with us more satisfactorily 

 than hitherto. I am still continuing my 

 observations, and am now considering the 

 best mode of testing him in very simple 

 arithmetic, but I wish I could induce others 

 to co-operate, for I feel satisfied that the 

 system would well repay more time and 

 attention than I am myself able to give. 

 JOHN LUBBOCK. 



