684 General Notes. [June, 
. pied two minutes—a long time for Bufo to keep his mind on so 
abstract a subject. He dropped the stick, hopped away several 
feet, then turned round, came back and went through the same 
performance again,in exactly the same way. He had now had 
his play out, and left for the lawn, bent on the more sober pursuit 
of getting his livelihood. 
A toad may be made to learn. A friend at whose house wasa 
basement, had several toads in the area. Towards evening they 
came out with much regularity to feed. It did seem that they 
knew her voice. They certainly had learned not to fear her pres- 
- ence. Whether they distinguished her from others I do not know— 
comparative or experimental observations are usually confined to 
naturalists. The observable fact is this: These toads had been 
taught reliance upon their benefactors. It was indeed beautifully 
said: 
— “ The toad, ugly and venomous, 
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” 
I claim to have found “the toad-stone.’ The gem is psychic 
—a modicum of educability in Bufo’s brain —S. Lockwood. 
INTELLIGENCE IN THE ELEPHaNtT.—The following little ee 
dent is related as illustrating to what a remarkable oe 
reasoning powers of the elephant may be brought out, as H jai 
showing the control experienced animal-trainers have pion? P 
huge brutes. A medium-sized Asiatic male elephant with the : 
T. Barnum and London Shows has been taught to ae 
following: Dressed as a German, with a cap perched on = se 
he is brought into the ring, and mounting a strong barrel ge 
it backward and forward with his four feet. He then x rings 
chair, sits on it before a table upon which is placed a bell, his 
the bell, orders dinner, eats it, drinks out of a bottle oe = 
mouth with a big napkin, fans himself with a palm-leaf ret psi 
on his hind legs, his fore legs, on’ his head, lies down, ye head, 
upon the ground, rolls over, gets up, holds his trainer on 
an organ, walks on bottles arranged in a row, see with his 
articles, takes off his clothes with his trunk, rolls a tub things, 
nose, sets it on end, sits on it, and many other gie 
closing by pushing his trainer out of the ring. Allt 
without a word being spoken to him— xchange. í 
; ac- 
A Story or A Doc.—Sometime during the past wt 
cidentally learned the story of a black-and-tan terri siderable 
seemed to me so noteworthy that I have been at oes wing Ot 
_ pains to authenticate it. I have now received the 10 of Provi- 
a from the owner of the dog—Mr. W. S. Granger, a 7 
ence, R. L: 
“ At Christmas, 188ọ, our family all went to Newport £0 _ 
