. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. doeshis tours de force—to call them tricks would be an insult—equally well when not asyllable is littered. His owner, while keeping the eyes fixed steadily upon him, merelyrepeats mentally what he is required to do, and the result is the same. Some lettersfrom Mr. Edmond Selous on the subject of thought-transference amongst birds appearedlast autumn in the Guardian, but we are not aware of any similar instances (as theabove-mentioned) of mental telepathy between a dog and its master. Strangers whohave not seen for themselves
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. doeshis tours de force—to call them tricks would be an insult—equally well when not asyllable is littered. His owner, while keeping the eyes fixed steadily upon him, merelyrepeats mentally what he is required to do, and the result is the same. Some lettersfrom Mr. Edmond Selous on the subject of thought-transference amongst birds appearedlast autumn in the Guardian, but we are not aware of any similar instances (as theabove-mentioned) of mental telepathy between a dog and its master. Strangers whohave not seen for themselves invariably smile incredulously when told these wonders;indeed so extraordinary did such a performance seem that a representative of AnimalLife paid a special visit to the West of England this summer in order to see forhimself, and Bob gave a seance exactly as recorded above, with the addition thatwhen asked which animal most resembled the Okapi, went at once to a picture ofthe zebra, picking this out from among others of the tiger, lion, ostrich, and SALUTING LORD KITCHENER. DYING FOE THE KING. * A copy of this phdtograpli was presented to and accepted by Lord Kitchener at Ballater Station, onthe nineteenth of September, of this year (1902), after his visit to the King. THE CARE OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS. By AV. M. Feeeman. TheAviary. Many bird lovers are fond of keeping talking birds, these being the mag-pie, the jackdaw, the jay,and the starling, which last-named little fellow is one ofthe most interesting of allbirds to keep. It is worthyof note that all these birdsare carnivorous and insecti-vorous in their diet, althoughnone of them particularly object to any-thing edible that comes in their starling is very widely kept as a pet,but a great many of them die in thehands of inexperienced people for want ofmore of the kinds of food they get in theirwild state. Finely-chopped fresh meat isone of the best foods for a starling togetherwith worms, beetles, a
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