WAYS OF NATURE 
doubtedly be made in favor of the dog. I have else- 
where said that the dog is almost a human product; 
he has been the companion of man so long, and has 
been so loved by him, that he has come to partake, 
in a measure at least, of his master’s nature. If the 
dog does not at times think, reflect, he does some- 
thing so like it that I can find no other name for it. 
Take so simple an incident as this, which is of com- 
mon occurrence: A collie dog is going along the 
street in advance of its master’s team. It comes to 
a point where the road forks; the dog takes, say, 
the road to the left and trots along it a few rods, 
and then, half turning, suddenly pauses and looks 
back at the team. Has he not been struck by the 
thought, “I do not know which way my master is 
going: I will wait and see”? If the dog in such 
cases does not reflect, what does he do? Can we find 
any other word for his act? To ask a question by 
word or deed involves some sort of a mental pro- 
cess, however rudimentary. Is there any other ani- 
mal that would act as the collie did under like 
circumstances ? 
A Western physician writes me that he has on 
three different occasions seen his pointer dog be- 
have as follows: He had pointed a flock of quail, 
that would not sit to be flushed, but kept running. 
Then the dog, without a word or sign from his mas- 
ter, made a long détour to the right or to the left 
around the retreating birds, headed them off, and 
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