10 LOLA 



" Professor Kraemer of Hohenheim opened the 

 meeting ; he dwelt on the usefulness of these dogs 

 trained to perform tasks in which their intelligence 

 accounted for no small part. He alluded to the 

 scientific importance of the new method of instruction 

 by means of spelling a method first brought forward 

 in connexion with the ' Thinking Horses ' belonging 

 to Messrs, von Osten and K. Krall, and which had 

 revealed hitherto unexpected aspects of the animal 

 soul. 



" He further pointed out the total absence of any 

 intentional or unintentional signalling, an objection 

 which has already been sufficiently disproved by the 

 many singular and entirely spontaneous communica- 

 tions constantly made on such occasions. Finally, 

 he emphasized that the investigations Frau Dr. Moekel 

 had made with her dog had proved to be of immense 

 value as contributions towards the study of animal 

 psychology, being, in fact, of great scientific service. 



" Frau Dr. Moekel was then wheeled on to the 

 platform in her bath-chair, and Rolf seated himself 

 by her side. 



" In the first place a number of sums were set the 

 dog which had been called out by the audience ; they 

 were as follows : (4 xy 13) *- 3 = 5, 2 x 10 -f- 4 

 = 5,8x9-^-12=6. , 



" When the problem V 27 was given Rolf proclaimed 

 the correct number ' 3,' he immediately followed 

 this, however, by spelling out : ' nid wurdsl ' ('no 

 more roots '), implying that he declined anything 

 further to do with that form of reckoning ; he had 

 indeed, objected to ' roots ' for some time past ! 

 He next proceeded to name the various persons he 

 recognized in the assembly the first .being, V dand, 

 speisl basl ' (Frau Dr. Speiser, aus Basel) ;* then, 



