FROM THE "SPECTATOR." 303 



A COLLIE'S INTELLIGENCE. 



[Oct. 26, 1895.] 



A NEIGHBOUR of mine has a young collie 

 which sleeps in the kitchen, where is kept 

 during the night the key of the gate of the 

 yard. The yard-man on his arrival in the 

 morning is accustomed to tap at the kitchen 

 window for the key, which the maid- servant 

 then hands to him through the bars of the 

 gate. One morning lately the maid happened 

 to be out of the kitchen when the man 

 tapped, and the dog (who must have realised 

 the meaning of the taps) took the key in his 

 mouth and carried it to the man at the gate. 

 The dog is very highly bred, but has never 

 been taught to fetch or carry, and is only 

 about a year old. 



A READER OF THE " SPECTATOR." 



