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I am in the habit of " swallowing " that letter when 

 saying the name. On 29 December, 1916, I gave Lola 

 a biscuit and she seemed more than usually delighted 

 with its smell as if there was something familiar 

 about it. " Why ever are you so pleased ? " I asked, 

 to which she replied " Mama I " And it had actu- 

 ally been sent by the aforementioned lady familiarly 

 known as " Mama." I then showed her another 

 biscuit, saying " Is this too from Mama ? " but she 

 answered " no ! " "Do you dogs always know by 

 smell ? " I said and she rapped " yes ! " On this 

 same day another test failed owing to the impossibility 

 of ascertaining the true name of the article in question. 

 I had a new jacket trimmed with fur a variety un- 

 known to me, it was grey and slightly woolly. Lola 

 could simply not tear herself away from it the smell 

 was so fascinating. I said to her : " Tell me what is 

 delighting you so to-day ? " She replied " mederesf." 

 Unable to make any sense of the letters I set them down 

 in writing before her and asked her if any of them were 

 wrong ; to this she replied : " yes : " " Which ? " 

 asked I she said : "2." (the second). " What 

 should it be ? " I queried ; she rapped " n." " How 

 many of these letters belong to the first word ? " 

 I continued. " 2." " And to the second ? " She 

 gave a wavering six (though it may have been five). 

 So the words purported to be " ne deresf." I could 

 make nothing of it and asked her again " What is 

 deresf ? " to which she gave the explanation : " ein 

 tir." (tier = animal). "An animal? but I don't 

 know the name ! have you heard of it ? " " Yes ! " 

 " Have we seen this animal ? " " Yes ! " " Where 

 did we see it ?" " Maulburg." 1 "In the house ? " 



1 Maulburg, near Schopfheim, In Baden, where Lola had visited 

 relations of mine. 



