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analogy that I was about to return home, and thereupon 

 formed the resolution of accompanying me to the hunting 

 ground of his puppyhood. But he must further have 

 reasoned that since on the occasion of my previous visit 

 I had purposely left him behind as a present to my friend, 

 I should not on this occasion be inclined to take him 

 home. Lastly, he must have reasoned that there was 

 one expedient whereby he could solicit my protection 

 on the homeward journey without the danger of being 

 imprisoned, and this expedient he adopted ; for after 

 we had vainly searched for Skye, to prevent his follow- 

 ing my dog-cart, I started, and when two miles on my 

 way home, I overtook him, lying in the middle of the 

 road, with his face towards the town, evidently expecting 

 my approach. And as the dog had clearly contemplated, 

 the distance was too great for me to return with him to 

 town, so that, as he had clearly intended, I had to take 

 him with me to his old home in the country." ^ 



He gives another story of a dog lying down in a 

 kitchen while the cook was trussing a fowl. As soon as 

 she left the room, he seized it, carried it out and buried 

 it. He then came back and lay down as before, mimicking 

 innocence. Unfortunately for the dog the gardener saw 

 him bury it, and brought it back. 



The following is reproduced from the Daily Telegraph 

 of 9th March, 1903 : "A burglar has just been detected, 

 a fortnight after he had assisted in the work of the 

 robbery, by a wonderfully sagacious dog belonging to the 

 gentleman at whose expense the depredation had been 

 committed. The owner lives in Paris, and his villa at 

 Charenton having been ransacked, he had stocked it with 

 new furniture. After a heavy morning's toil, he was pro- 



^ "Animal Intelligence," a lecture by G. J. Romanes, 1879. 



