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cise similar circumspection and forethought (Watson). We 

 have already mentioned a pony that closed paddock gates 

 after itself to destroy proof of its having visited forbidden 

 pastures. Monkeys turn keys in doors, without noise, to 

 secure themselves against interruption, discovery or capture. 

 To remove or destroy the traces or proofs of crime, a collie 

 that surreptitiously worried sheep, and so had got its mouth 

 covered with blood, ' walked into the river, dipped his face in 

 the water, and shook his head backwards and forwards until 

 he thought that all traces of his guilt were removed.' Then 

 he went home to his kennel, ( and with the help of his paws 

 put on his collar ' (Wood). A cat stole eggs by rolling them 

 off a shop counter ; ' if the smash was unheard, she would 

 lap up the yolk, rubbing the shell amongst the sawdust to 

 prevent discovery ' ( c Chambers's Journal '). 



The stolen articles themselves are sometimes concealed 

 as in the case, mentioned by Wood, of the elephant that 

 placed a lot of chupatties a kind of large muffin stolen 

 from a native cook, among the leaves of a tree, taking 

 special care that they should be completely hidden. 



A dog has been known to feign sleep, in order to escape 

 detection (Wood), and other equally ingenious modes of as- 

 suming the appearance of innocence are adopted by the same 

 animal. Langstroth tells us, however, that ( there is an air 

 of roguery about the thieving bee, "VThich to the expert is 

 as characteristic as are the motions of a pickpocket to the 

 skilful policeman. Its sneaking look and nervous, guilty 

 agitation, once seen, can never be mistaken. 5 



The dog and other animals frequently deal with the 

 bodies of their murdered victims as man does : they bury 

 them carefully where they fancy they are not likely to be 

 looked for. Thus, a retriever who had killed a cat had 

 committed an unprovoked murder 'deliberately took the 

 cat in his mouth, carried it some distance, dug a deep hole 

 behind some bushes, and after depositing the cat therein, 

 carefully replaced the earth, and had he not been observed, 

 there would have been no evidence of the crime ' (' Nature ') . 

 Again, a dog murdered a duck in a fit of jealousy ; he was 

 found before ' a half-filled grave, in which was deposited the 



