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found myself regarded somewhat contemptu- 

 ously for having even asked the question. 

 I once said to a friend, in the hearing of a 

 keeper at the Zoological Gardens, that the 

 penguin was very stupid. The man was 

 furious, and jumped upon me at once. " He's 

 not stupid at all," said he; "he's very 

 intelligent." 



Who has not seen a cat, when it wishes to 

 go out, raise its fore paws on to the handle of 

 the door, or as near as it can get, and look 

 round, evidently asking some one to turn it 

 for her ? Is it reasonable to deny that a 

 reasoning process is going on in the cat's 

 mind, whereby she connects her wish with the 

 steps necessary for its fulfilment, and also 

 with certain invariable symbols which she 

 knows her master or mistress will interpret ? 

 Once, in company with a friend, I watched a 

 cat playing with a house-fly in the window 

 of a ground-floor room. We were in the 

 street, while the cat was inside. When we 

 came up to the window she gave us one 

 searching look, and, having satisfied herself 



that we had nothing for her, went on with her 



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