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= once more I ). Then the entire song was whistled 

 to him and he spelt : ' heldons sdurm gbraus ' (i.e. 

 Heldensturm-gebraus) and, as he liked to hear singing, 

 he added : ' Wagd fon rein singe, bid ' (= Watch on 

 the Rhine sing, please !). The same gentleman then 

 obliged him by whistling the ' Wacht am Rhein,' but 

 he was not quite content, for as he subsequently 

 observed, ' this was not singing ' (dis nid singt). 



" At the close of his tests Rolf was rewarded with a 

 cake which he promptly recognised as ' basllegrl ' 

 (Easier Leckerle = a Speciality of Bale). 



" 'The Heidelberger Zeitung ' commented on the 

 performance as follows : 



" ' The astonishment of the audience increased with 

 every moment, while their delight and enthusiasm at 

 the close of this remarkable and interesting evening 

 found vent in a storm of applause.' 



" Another journal, the ' Badische General Anzeige ' 

 wrote : 



" ' The evening's performance must have converted 

 many who before had been sceptical.' " 



Even as there are numerous horses capable of 

 exercising similar abilities, so too, is Rolf not a solitary 

 example among dogs of his kind to profit by instruc- 

 tion. Indeed, many of his descendants are receiving 

 tuition under the guidance of different instructors, 

 and are giving a good account of themselves. 



I will here add Professor Ziegler's Report : 



