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you seeking?" he asked. The man answered 

 that he had lost 280 francs. " Possibly my dog 

 may be able to find them for you ; have you 

 any money left ? If you have, show her a piece 

 of gold." It was done and the dog directed to 

 search. She at once set out and soon returned, 

 bringing first one piece of gold, then another, 

 and then a bank-note, till the whole sum that 

 had been lost was regained. 



M. du Rouil said that Blanche really knew 

 all the letters and the playing-cards by their 

 names, and Lyda really knew all the figures. 

 In addition to this Blanche had studied about 

 one hundred and fifty words in different lan- 

 guages, something like twenty in each language. 

 So it was with Lyda and the figures. She knew 

 each one by its name, and would bring the one 

 called for. In describing the earlier stages of 

 training through which these dogs had passed, 

 their owner said the first thing was to make the 

 dog fetch an object, the next to make him dis- 

 criminate between one of two very different 

 objects placed together, and bring one or the 



