How Animals Talk 



tested Watch, and observed him to take the road 

 within a few moments of the time when his master 

 left his office or building operations in the town, 

 some three or four miles away. 



Thus far the record is clear and straight, but 

 there is one important matter which my friend 

 overlooked, as scientific men commonly do when 

 they deal with nature, their mistake being to 

 regard animals as featureless members of a class 

 or species rather than as individuals. The dog's 

 master always came or went in a wagon drawn 

 by a quiet old horse, and upon inquiry I found 

 that between Watch and the horse was a bond of 

 comradeship, such as often exists between two 

 domestic animals of different species. Thus, the 

 dog often preferred to sleep in the stall near his 

 big chum, or would accompany him to the pasture 

 when he was turned loose, and would always 

 stand by, as if overlooking the operation, when 

 the horse was being harnessed. It may well be, 

 therefore, that it was from the horse rather than 

 from the man that Watch received notice when 

 heads were turned homeward; but of the fact that 

 some kind of telepathic communication passed 

 between two members of the trio there is no 

 reasonable doubt. 



Some of my readers may make objection at 

 this point that, though something like telepathic 



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