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rapped out the correct answer. This is a very instructive 

 instance. The pony had been taught at intervals for 

 about six months ; it had never been previously questioned 

 in the yard, nor by strangers. A short distance off there 

 was a groom brushing the yard, and another, Albert, was 

 brushing Zarif, but they took no part in the proceedings ; 

 and before a second trial, Albert went into the stable. 

 Another sum was written on the board, JJ, and the words 

 were said, ' Now, Hanschen, add the two figures and you 

 will get some carrots '. The right answer, which chanced 

 to be the same as before, was at once rapped out. At 

 this stage the owner and teacher appeared on the scene, 

 but remained at a distance of five or six yards. The pony 

 did two more sums, both wrong at the first trial, and then 

 right. When the answer is wrong, and no reward or 

 recognition is given, the pony begins to paw again, some- 

 times giving the right answer, sometimes persisting in 

 the wrong one. 



Just a little need be said about the spelling and reading 

 lessons, which were not nearly so striking. A board was 

 hung up, arranged on the plan indicated below : 



