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beating and being deprived of her food may some- 

 times check, but which her own powers of reflection do 

 not cure : and it is the same thing with most of her 

 faults. At times it will be unreasoning obstinacy, but 

 even where she uses a certain amount of reflection, 

 the result is identical. It has been no better where 

 with the help of thought we have endeavoured to 

 bring about actual results. An animal can be got to 

 understand and carry out certain injunctions, such as 

 " sit up and beg," " lift up your paw," "go to your 

 bed," " go out of the door," and much more of the 

 same description, while after instruction it will under- 

 stand " behind the stove lies a biscuit," yet action 

 seldom results from such knowledge. The dog's eyes 

 will brighten, and it is evident that it has perfectly 

 well comprehended the meaning of the words, indeed 

 this much can be easily ascertained by questioning it 

 but the dog will seem incapable of translating what 

 it has comprehended into action. At such times Lola 

 will rush about, as if her limbs would not obey as 

 though the influence she could bring to bear on them 

 was not sufficiently powerful and the final result is 

 excitement. Connexion with the motor-nerves does not 

 come into being in response to the action of the cere- 

 brum. As the result of repeated written and spoken 

 orders it is possible (with a certain amount of additional 

 aid) to set up this connexion from without, yet, even 

 then, the actual effect is but moderately successful. On 

 the other hand, action in the reverse way from the 

 nerves or senses to the brain is easy where the dog is 

 concerned. Lola can report about things she has done, 

 such as " saw deer," " drank milk," " went into 

 wood," " was naughty," " ate some of the cow," for 

 reflection gives more time to master the subject, and 

 to notice what is past, and this will therefore show, that 



