ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.
[ro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTITAI."/ SIR,—A little illustration of canine intelligence shown by my colley, " Dido," may be added to those which have lately appeared in the Spectator. The dog was lying on the floor, in a room in which I was preparing to go out. An old servant was present, and when I had given her directions about an errand on which she was going, I said, "You will take ' Dido ' with you ?" She assented, and the dog directly got up to follow her down-stairs. I then remembered that I should want a cab ; so I asked the servant to send one, and not to leave the house till I rang the bell. On her leaving the room, " Dido " resumed her quiet attitude on the floor, with her nose to the carpet. In rather less than ten minutes I rang the bell, and the dog at once sprang up and ran down-stairs to join her companion. I had not spoken a word after asking the servant to wait for the bell. Was this word-reading, or voice-reading, or thought-reading P—I am,
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