Up to this time, it had only been in the matter of _replies_ that I had been able to obtain independent communications, but, on 27 May, there was a new development to record: I had avoided asking her any questions for several days, for I had noticed that she seemed extremely tired. But by this day I thought she would probably be fit to do a reasonable amount of work: I have always abstained from this if she showed signs of evident fatigue. So I now asked her: "Lola! how is it you always know when my friend is coming? you knew it before she entered the house this morning!" "Gehoert," ( = heard) was the reply. "Then, if you know hers--do you know the sounds made by every one?" "No." "Only those whom you know well?" "Yes." Then Lola began wagging her tail near to the door, so I asked: "Who was outside?" Lola gave a "g," and then corrected it with "no." From her delight, I was inclined to think that it had been Frieda, a young girl who had been studying farming with me, and that this was the name Lola was about to rap out. So I discounted the "g" and the "no" and said: "It should be 'f'--shouldn't it?" (note: g = 17, f = 16.) Whereupon Lola continued and rapped--_Frieda_. I then looked out and saw to my astonishment that it was Guste, a new maid who had been in the house about a week. I said to Lola at once: "You were wrong, it was not Frieda, but the new maid--what is her name?" Lola began again----" ... "and again added "no ..." "Don't you know her name?" I inquired--but Lola replied "yes!" I turned the matter over in my mind, wondering how she had come to rap "Frieda" instead of "Guste," and finally said to her: "Why did you give me a wrong answer, saying Frieda when it was Guste?" and Lola responded with, "You think!" "What?" said I, "did you _feel_ what I was thinking?" "Yes." "And do you _always_ feel what I think?" "Yes." This was something quite new, but I explained it to myself, and my view has proved to be correct in all subsequent tests undertaken by me. It is this: _Dogs are susceptible to thought-transference--also, that they are more particularly open to this when tired and when lazy. Further--they are open to such thought-transference even when not actually aware of the question--as for instance, in the present case, where it was a matter of the new servant's name, for here Lola had been able to "tap" my thoughts with respect to what was familiar to her_--(i.e. the name of the other maid) _but_ (and this is the most important point)--_a dog cannot receive impressions in respect of matters of which it has no knowledge_!