CONSCIOUS AUTOMATA.
('to THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
Sin,—In an article published in the Lyon Medical for April 18, 1875, and quoted in the. London Medical Record, Mr. Cheville declares that he has seen a mare refuse her food and kick her stall to pieces from jealousy, whenever her groom coaxed and petted another horse, her stable companion. He also states that in a stable where a cow and donkey were confined together, a curious scene might be witnessed whenever the dairymaid came to milk the former. No sooner was the maid seated on her milking-stool, than the donkey would leave its stall, come close to the woman, and rest its head on hers until she had finished milking, showing that the poor animal was anxious to claim a share of her attention.—I am, Sir, &c.,
CHARLES BELL TAYLOR, M.D.
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