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and again she perceived that only two retained. In fine it 



was found necessary to send five or six men to the watch- 

 house, in order to put her out of lur calculations.' 1 The ape 

 and the crow here contrast advantageously with savages wlio 

 can only count up to one and two. ami with the Dammaras 

 who apparently can count only one. In halving sheep from 

 a Dammara one must pay for each sheep separately, for it a 

 stick of tobacco is the price agreed on tor a sheep, it would 

 sorely puzzle the simple savage to take two sheep and give 

 him two sticks. 1 One stick must he paid for each sheep 

 separately. 



Of the intelligence of the special friend of man in the under- 

 standing of spoken words innumerable instances could be 

 given, and many will, no doubt, recur to the mind of any 

 person who has ever owned or watched a dog. Hogg the 

 " Ettrick Shepherd " had a collie who understood most things 

 his master said to him. On one occasion Hogg observed in 

 the most natural tone possible. " I'm thinking the cow's in 

 the potatoes." Immediately the dog, which had been lying 

 half asleep on the floor, jumped up, ran into the potato field, 

 round the house, and up the roof to take a survey ; but find- 

 ing no cow in the potatoes, lay down again. Some little time 

 afterwards his master said in a tone of conviction : " I'm sure 

 the cow's in the potatoes," when the same scene was repeated. 

 But on trying it a third time, the dog only wagged its tail. 1 

 had a rough terrier named "Butts" which had. like most 

 dogs, a horror of a bath. If the fatal words " Butts must he 

 washed," or "Butts must have a bath" were uttered in his 

 presence, he would like the "Snark" slowly and silently 

 vanish away, and would be found— if found at all-cowering 

 under the remotest of beds, trembling with apprehension. 



From the comprehension of spoken words, (with their imita- 



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-Peter." who undonb.edly understands spoken »°«>^ ™' °^^L™ a 



