THOUGHT CAPACITY IN ANIMALS 15 



"NEW REPORTS CONCERNING THE CALCU- 

 LATING AND SPELLING DOG 1 



" By Professor Ziegler 



" The descendants of the dog Rolf that have been 

 trained by Frau Dr. Moekel, 2 are now full grown, and 

 several of them have acquitted themselves with 

 success. These are the bitch Use, the two males, 

 Heinz and Harras, and the bitch Lola, and I here 

 purpose to set down the latest information about these 

 animals. It is of great importance that the various 

 persons under whose care these dogs were trained 

 should though independently of each other have 

 made similar observations. All investigators have 

 reported the same astonishing memory, this afford- 

 ing the foundation for the dogs' feats in reckoning and 

 spelling. 



" As these reports come from persons resident at 

 different places, who neither know, nor are in com- 

 munication with each other, we here have the surest 

 proof there is no secret or trick involved in the matter. 



" A. REPORT ON TEE BITCH ILSE 



" Concerning Use, of whom a clergyman is the 

 owner, Dr. Oelhausen has already given us some 

 details in earlier numbers of our ' Communications ' . a 

 He now sends me the following, which he received 

 from Frau Dr. Moekel in the summer of last year The 



1 Taken from the " Communications of The Society for Animal 

 Psychology." 1916. pp. 6-9. 



8 These dogs were born on 26 and 27 January, 1914. Compare 

 the letter of Rolf in the " Communications of the Society for Animal 

 Psychology," 1914, p. 28 ; and " The Soul of the Animal," p. in. 



