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were the dog's wishes for my father's natal day ! 

 Food, Hunting and Marriage . . .the first one being 

 ever the central idea in a dog's thoughts and yet, 

 how necessary are all these three wishes to the mainten- 

 ance of species " urged ever onward by the driving- 

 power of hunger and of love ! " after all there is 

 something very simple and direct about an animal ! 



30 August : To-day I asked Lola : "Do you wish 

 every one to marry and have children ? " "No." 

 " Why not ? " " Arbeiten unmoglich," (= work 

 impossible). " Go on : if it is impossible, one simply 

 does not work ! " " Und ausgen . . ." " Go on ? " 

 " Auch zu vil esen ! " (und ausser dem, zu viel essen 

 = and besides that, too much eating). Here spoke 

 experience. 



1 September : Lola was shown some dots on a sheet 

 of white paper, but declined to count them. " Why 

 won't you count ? " " Ich ursache one wisen ! " 

 (=1 have a cause (reason), without knowing (it)). 

 Then she began to tremble violently, and I asked her 

 why to which she replied : " Ich kalt " (I (am) cold). 



2 September : An old farm labourer and his wife had 

 come to my room to see the dog, and in their honour 

 Lola consented to do some sums. The old man was 

 delighted when, on my suggestion, Lola spelt out his 

 name : she rapped " Wilem," and when I said : " Did 

 you hear that from me ? " she answered : "No." 

 " From his wife ? " " Yes ! " This accounted for the 

 spelling, as the woman is from the Rheinland district, 

 and says " Willem " for Wilhelm. 



6 September : " Lola, why did you bite Jenny, 

 yesterday ? " (Jenny is a terrier lady-dog.) Answer. 

 " Em . . " " What does that mean ? " " Wiist 

 a a und renen." (= she was a dirty dog and also 

 hunted.) 



