ALTERATIONS AND MEMORY 



A I have endeavoured to make clear Lola was, 

 especially during the first month of tuition, 

 exceedingly attentive at her lessons. Indeed, 

 her rapid progress can only be ascribed to this, and to 

 her good memory. Nor did she only evince this 

 alertness at her studies, but noticed everything that 

 went on round about her, even to the following of our 

 conversations, her keenness was surprising. It is prob- 

 able that every lively and intelligent dog follows what 

 is being said in its presence, and notes our play of 

 feature this accounting for the demonstrations of 

 sympathy, and other symptoms of partisanship or of 

 aversion they so constantly show. In general, how- 

 ever, such intuitive response is due rather to the dog's 

 memory, and can only be brought to the surface and 

 recognized where the " Spelling Method " has become 

 a familiar mode of expression. Indeed, it may be said 

 that its attentiveness begins then to extend over a far 

 greater field of interest. 



On the 19 April, 1916, several ladies as yet un- 

 known to Lola were in the room with me. She was 

 sitting near the window and dividing her attention 

 between what was going on outside and in the room. 

 After about half an hour she did some sums and some 

 spelling, acquiting herself very well. For fun she was 

 then asked the name of one of my guests (N.B. the lady's 



