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INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS. 
towards the sixth day, and the entire cicatrization of the wound 
being complete twenty-six days from that of the operation.— An¬ 
nates de Brussells. 
INTELLIGENCE OF ANIMALS. 
(Extract from the Revue Sdentifique.) 
In Cats. —One morning, in 1884, my cat came in my bed¬ 
room, holding a bird which he had caught. As soon as he entered 
he let it go, evidently with the intention of playing with it, as 
cats often do with tpiee before killing. The bird having a wing 
broken could not think of flying away, but bravely fought his 
enemy, striking on the nose with his beak as hard as he could. 
The cat found his master and retreated. Since that time both 
lived in harmony. They ate, slept and walked about together. 
Often they were seen going about, the bird on the cat’s back, and 
sometimes even held by the cat in its mouth, but released at first 
request. One day, however, the bird flew 7 away and brought to 
an end this brotherly friendship .—Emile Boiiant. 
In Dogs. — I had two dogs, a large setter and a small terrier, 
the first as large, the other as small as they are found in these 
breeds. They were always with me. Once the mayor of the 
towm thought proper to prevent dogs from going freely in the 
streets. They had to be muzzled or held. Following the request 
partly, I went out, with the setter held witli a rope, but the terrier 
was left free. When I stopped at the place where I was going 
the big dog was attached to the foot of a table to prevent his 
going about, and the little terrier allowed his liberty. Full of 
play as she was, she began to run about in the large room w'here 
I was, calling her big friend to come with her. He tried, but 
finding himself secured he gave up the attempt. Then the small 
dog went to the rope and began to gnaw it, and would have suc¬ 
ceeded had not my attention been brought to it. I changed the 
setter from one place to another, and at every change she kept 
coming back to cut the cord, which she always was careful to 
gnaw at the same place. She had at last succeeded. The passive 
condut of the setter, which was very intelligent, made a great con- 
