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mals; the third transcends the power of either. The exten- 



French child, who was warned not to touch tire and candles 

 by the words " Ca brule." Tins idea she spontaneously applied 

 to other shining objects. Her mother and nurse a bo amused 

 her by hiding and saying " Coiieou." Watching the sun set 

 one evening the child generalized the ideas of shining, burn- 

 ing and of hiding, bv exclaiming " < a hrule coucou." A 

 terrier has a very simple idea as to a rabbit ; to eatch it and 

 kill it anyhow and anywhere. But he also lias a general idea 

 of rabbits, as may be demonstrated by calling hi- attention to 

 this idea if he is out for a walk, when a violent scampering. 

 harking and digging for imaginary rabbits may be expected 

 to take place. A dog formerly in the possession of the Arch- 

 bishop of Canterbury had the habit of hunting pigs, and for 

 inscrutable reason, always after prayers. After a time there 

 were no more pigs to be hunted in the flesh, but at the word 

 "pigs," the dog vehemently hunted imaginary pigs. 



Finally it was enough to open the door, without uttering a 

 word, and the dog rushed to his visionary pig hunt. A dog 

 belonging to Mr. Romanes' sister showed that it not only had 

 an idea of men and women, but that it could recognize that 

 which was like a human being and yet was not one. This 

 dog showed the utmost terror at the appearance of three life- 

 sized pictures. But instead of attacking them with tail erect, 

 as he would have attacked a strange person, he "barked vio- 

 lently and incessantly at some distance from the paintings, 

 with tail down and body elongated, sometimes bolting under 

 the chairs and sofas in the extremity of his fear, and con- 

 tinued barking from there." When the faces of the pictures 

 were covered he became quiet and contented, but resumed his 

 frightened barking if one was uncovered. Gradually he 

 became accustomed to the pictures, and after a time he was 

 taken away from the house for some months. On returning, 

 he was again much startled at seeing the pictures, and rushed 

 at them barking. Very quickly though he appears to have 

 reasoned that he had seen these strange things— that were and 

 were not— men and women, before, and that they had proved 

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