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uneasiness, and when the second bell struck vshe leai)ed over the 

 fence and trotted quietly to church, stopping at her usual hitch 

 ing-place, under an old elm tree, until the close of the service, 

 when the Aiithful animal returned safely to the house." 



When we remember that such exhibitions of intelligence occur 

 continually where the animals have received no training on the 

 subjects to which they relate, it seems certain that they are the 

 result of a mental process which strongly resembles thought, an(] 

 we would expect, from patient culture, display's of intelligence 

 greatly in advance of those ordinarily taking place. Such an 

 expectation is justified by the results which have followed train- 

 ing when directed to this end. In a paper entitled '"Canine 

 Guests," Philip Gilbert Hamerton gives an account of the trained 

 dogs of M. du Rouil which, but for the unimpeachable veracity 

 of the writer, would be almost incredible. M. du Eouil began to 

 educate his first dog out of curiosity to see the eflcet of the sort 

 of education which seemed to him best adapted for establishing 

 a close understanding between the human and canine minds ; the 

 results astonished himself and were so gratifying that he sub- 

 sequently educated two others on the same principles. Two of 

 these dogs, ''Blanche" and "Lyda," with their master, were guests 

 of Mr. Hamerton, and the intelligence they exhibited, and which 

 he describes, is, b}^ his own admission, "incredible," yet may be 

 so only because of our ignorance of the nature and extent of the 

 mental powers belonging to the animal creation. Among the 

 many feats performed by them were the spelling of words by 

 lettered cards; the correction of words purposely misspelled; 

 the working out of simple problems in aritlimetic and the playing 

 of cards and dominoes. Of the latter, Mr. Hamerton says: 

 "Both the dogs played a game at dominoes. This was managed 

 as follows : the dogs sat on chairs opposite each other, and took 

 up the domino that was wanted ; but the master placed it in its 

 position and kept announcing the state of the game. Their dis- 

 tress when they could not go on without drawing from the bank 

 was announced in piteous whines, and amused us all exceedingly. 

 Lyda was the loser, and precipitately retreated to hide herself 

 with an evident consciousness of defeat." 



