CHAPTEE XXIV. 



USE OF MAN'S INSTRUMENTS. 



NOT a few animals use, and in some cases or in certain 

 respects in the same way as man himself does, various 

 instruments fashioned by him. Thus they know the use, 

 and in some cases apply to their own purposes their know- 

 ledge of such use, of 



1. Money or coin. 



2. Doors and gates, with their latches or handles, bolts 

 and knockers. 



3. Boxes and their lids. 



4. Instruments of punishment or restraint, such as the 

 whip or collar. 



5. Fire-arms or other weapons. 



6. Ropes and chains. 



7. Table utensils, such as cutlery, crockery, and glass 

 ware. 



8. Household furniture. 



9. Windlasses, spits, pumps, wheels, bells, turnip-slicers, 

 forge bellows, paddles, pestles and mortars, hammers and 

 nails. 



10. Bed and body clothes or coverings. 



11. Artificial nests or dwellings of all kinds. 



12. Baskets and sacks. 



13. Musical instruments, such as the organ, cymbal, 

 drum. 



14. Games, such as cricket, cards, dominoes, swings. 



15. Torches or lanterns. 



16. Canes, sticks, or staffs in walking. 



The use of man's [coins by the dog in the purchase of 



