18 LOLA 



Use, which I received from Frau Dr. Moekel on 25 May, 



' ' Use will prove valuable to us, for though I 

 have given her no instruction her master has achieved 

 the very same results with her as I have with Rolf. 1 

 This is what took place the other day : My dear 

 husband went to see our reverend friend and having 

 arrived too early for Divine Service, seated himself 

 on a high stone in the neighbourhood of the little 

 church and not far from the parsonage. Our friend 

 saw my husband and came out, accompanied by Use, 

 to fetch him into the house. Use jumped up against 

 my husband, wagged her tail, licked him and showed 

 so much exuberant affection that her master was quite 

 surprised, and asked her : 



" ' Do you know this gentleman ? ' To which 

 Use replied : ' No ! ' adding, as though as an after- 

 thought' Rolf ! ' She had evidently scented Rolf 

 (who is her father and of whom she is very fond) 

 about my husband's clothes." 



"B. REPORT ON THE DOG HEINZ 



" A second dog, by name Heinz, who came into the 

 possession of Mr. Justice Leser in Mannheim, has 

 proved himself to be an excellent arithmetician, and 

 this without ever having been worried with instruc- 

 tion. In the same way as Rolf he gives two raps for 

 ' yes ' and three for ' no/ while four express that he 

 is ' tired.' 



" Mr. Justice Leser reports : 



" If I ask Heinz whether he will do arithmetic 

 he invariably raps " 2," even though sometimes 



1 Use was barely two months old when she came into the posses- 

 sion of her master, on 20 April, 1914. 



