2o Phrenology and Animal Psychology. [January, 
apprehension — could hardly be the cause of his flight, as 
the poodle wagged his tail and gave every sign of friendli- 
ness. 
Mr. Romanes — if I remember rightly, though I am not at 
the moment able to lay my hands upon the exadt passage — 
describes the conduct of an otherwise pugnacious terrier on 
seeing a monkey dressed in human costume. He stood at 
first in astonishment, but, recovering, was about to make an 
attack on the strange being, when the monkey raised its hat 
and gracefully saluted him. This was too much for the 
terrier’s nerves ; he slunk away and was seen no more till 
the monkey had been removed. 
Mr. Herbert Spencer (“ Principles of Sociology”) gives 
some cases of wonder or mysterious alarm displayed by 
dogs at occurrences transcending the limits of their experi- 
ence. “ One of these cases consisted in a large dog which, 
while playing with a stick, accidentally thrust one end of it 
against his palate. Giving a yelp he dropped the stick, 
rushed to a distance from it, and betrayed a consternation 
which was particularly laughable in so ferocious looking a 
creature. Only after cautious approaches and much hesita- 
tion was he induced again to take hold of the stick.” Mr. 
G. J. Romanes, commenting upon this case, gives further 
instances of awe, horror, or sense of the mysterious in dogs, 
which have come under his own observation. Speaking of 
a certain terrier he writes : — “ Like many other dogs he 
used to play with dry bones by tossing them into the air, 
throwing them to a distance and generally giving them the 
appearance of animation in order to give himself the ideal 
pleasure of worrying them. On one occasion I tied a long 
and fine thread to a dry bone and gave him the latter to 
play with. After he had tossed it about for a short time I 
took the opportunity when it had fallen a little distance 
from him and while he was following it up, of gently draw- 
ing it away from him by means of the thread. Instantly 
his whole demeanour changed. The bone which he had 
previously pretended to be alive now began to look as if 
it were really alive. He first approached it with nervous 
caution, but as the slow receding motion continued and he 
became certain that the movement could not be accounted 
for by any residuum of the force which he had himself com- 
municated, his astonishment developed into dread as he 
ran to conceal himself.” The dog, Mr, Romanes adds, was 
under ordinary circumstances by no' means timid. He 
describes another experiment performed with the same 
animal : — “ Taking him into a carpeted room I blew a soap- 
