. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. capacity of a high order undeveloped. Probably the dog and elephant -belong to this order of brain. Wild dogs are moreremarkable for courage than sagacity, and when kept in captivity have not shown anygreat intelligence. Domesticated dogs, though uneven in cleverness, undoubtedlyshare vnth the elephant the first place as thoughtful servants of man. They are farbetter able to , enter into his thoiights than any other creatures, and consequentlyreceive a much larger share of his attention and kindness. There are plenty of stup
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. capacity of a high order undeveloped. Probably the dog and elephant -belong to this order of brain. Wild dogs are moreremarkable for courage than sagacity, and when kept in captivity have not shown anygreat intelligence. Domesticated dogs, though uneven in cleverness, undoubtedlyshare vnth the elephant the first place as thoughtful servants of man. They are farbetter able to , enter into his thoiights than any other creatures, and consequentlyreceive a much larger share of his attention and kindness. There are plenty of stupiddogs, too, but as a lule fhe\ h^^^ i kind of stiaij^htfoiwaid common sense which takes a great dealof beating. As a goodexample, take thecase of a retrieverwhich, not longago, was sent intoa ditch to bringout a wingedpartridge whichhad run into dog picked upthe scent, rushedalong the bottomof the ditch underthe brambles, and,after a little grop-ing about, emergedon the bank withan old rusty kettlein his mouth,holding it by thehandle. Thelaughter and chaff. Eeproduced by i^ermission of Sir Harry Johnston from his i A YOUNG AFRICAN ELEPHANTOne of Sir Harry Johnstons pets in Uganda, 78 The Uganda Protec Animal Brains—Which is the Cleverest Animal ? 79 which greeted this performance will please be understood. Stop a bit, said the dogsmaster. Here, Eover, give it to me, and the dog brought the kettle to him. Takingit from his mouth, his master put his hand into the kettle, the lid being off, and tookout the partridge. Chased by the dog, it had crept into the kettle to hide, and the dog,not being able to draw it out, just brought the lot. On the other hand, I imagine that the capacity for being taught is greater in theelephant than in the dog. It begins, for one thing, so astonishingly early. In thecivilized province of Uganda the natives consented at once to the notion of trying to
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