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THE keenness of a dog's nose is, of course, 

 proverbial, and I have only put a few tests 

 to Lola in] a this particular, yet, such as they 

 are (proving perhaps no more than is already known) 

 I will here set down. I put the first of these tests to 

 her on the 17 April, 1916. I showed her a book belong- 

 ing to my father and said : 



" Whose book is this ? " She answered " Father 1 " 

 Then I showed her a glove and she told me it was mine. 

 On 20 April, I showed her another glove belonging to 

 a lady who was commonly known among us as 

 " Mama " and Lola instantly replied with " Mama I " 

 This was followed by an important test in the after- 

 noon of the same day. Four ladies, who were strangers 

 to her had come to my father's place at Hohenheim, 

 and in helping them take off their wraps I did not 

 particularly notice where the different articles of cloth- 

 ing were laid. Lola was in the room at the time, I 

 introduced the ladies to her singly and by name and 

 later on sent her to fetch one of the hats. She fetched 

 it and then sat expectantly before me. " To whom 

 does this hat belong ? " I asked. The answer was : 

 " Sibol." I then asked Fraulein Sibold who was 

 present if it really was her hat and she said " yes." 

 Lola had remembered the name quite well but had left 

 out the final " d " an omission due to the fact that 



