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On one occasion I had explained to her that there 

 were also other languages ; English and French, for 

 instance, and I now once more tried to influence her 

 memory by my own thoughts. 



" Lola," I said, " do you know what is meant when 

 I say -je veux manger do you understand that ? " 

 " Yes ! " " Then tell me ! " " Ich wil esen ! " 

 " But do you understand this : ilfaut queje travaille ? " 

 " No ! " " Think again ! " " No ! " " Travailler ? " 

 " No ! " This proving that what I had not taught 

 and explained to her she was incapable of saying or 

 rather, spelling. 



15 November : The following incident was communi- 

 cated to the " Mitteilungen of the Society for Animal 

 Psychology" (series 1916, No. 2, page 74), by Pro- 

 fessor Ziegler : 



" Lola had been for a walk with Professor Kinder- 

 mann, and on her return was discovered to have a 

 feather in her mouth. Fraulein Kindermann asked 

 her : " What animal's feather is that ? " she answered : 

 " Hen." " How did you come by the feather ? " 

 " Killed hen ! " " Why ? " " Eat up ! " " And 

 have you eaten it up ? " " No ! " " Why did you 

 run away ? " " Fear." " Of what were you fright- 

 ened, of people ? " " No ! " " Then of what ? " 

 " Ursache 1 " (= cause, i.e. cause of fear.) There is 

 something rather charming here in the way in which 

 the dog confesses to her misdeeds, and at the same 

 time owns up to having a bad conscience 1 " 



16 November : Lola must have noticed to-day that 

 there was roast hare on the midday dinner table, for 

 in the afternoon when invited to make some remark 

 she rapped : " Zu wenig ..." (then hesitatingly) 

 " h . . ." " Are you afraid ? " I inquired. " Yes." 

 " Nonsense, I shall not scold you ! " "... as ! " 



