As to the practical results--I can say little that is favourable. The dog's _thinking_ seems to be at variance with her acts: thought can therefore, have little influence upon a dog's behaviour, for--as has been the case with dogs of every kind, from time immemorial--its actions are due to the excitement of the outer senses, such as scent, taste, and hearing, and any emotions observable are but the direct and inward continuation of those external sensations, and, as such, last but for a given time. What we may term the "thought form" that is bound to any given _word_, representing objective thought in its simplest form, rotates within a very limited circle, and is powerless over the animal's feeling. For instance: Lola knows that she is forbidden to "hunt" i.e. to go after the game, etc., indeed she has shown in many of her replies that she is well aware of what "totgeschossen" ( = to be shot dead) means. And yet--once the scent is up, off she goes, and nothing will prevent her--for, she _must_ go! This is a particularly strong characteristic which beating and being deprived of her food may sometimes _check_, but which her own powers of reflection do not cure: and it is the same thing with most of her faults. At times it will be unreasoning obstinacy, but even where she uses a certain amount of reflection, the _result_ is identical. It has been no better where--with the help of thought--we have endeavoured to bring about actual results. An animal can be got to understand and carry out certain injunctions, such as--"sit up and beg," "lift up your paw," "go to your bed," "go out of the door," and much more of the same description, while after instruction it will understand "behind the stove lies a biscuit," yet _action_ seldom results from such knowledge. The dog's eyes will brighten, and it is evident that it has perfectly well comprehended the meaning of the words, indeed--this much can be easily ascertained by questioning it--but the dog will seem incapable of translating what it has comprehended into action. At such times Lola will rush about, as if her limbs would not obey--as though the influence she could bring to bear on them was not sufficiently powerful--and the final result is excitement. Connexion with the motor-nerves does not come into being in response to the action of the cerebrum. As the result of repeated written and spoken orders it is possible (with a certain amount of additional aid) to set up this connexion from without, yet, even then, the actual effect is but moderately successful. On the other hand, action in the reverse way--from the nerves or senses to the brain--is easy where the dog is concerned. Lola can report about things she has done, such as--"saw deer," "drank milk," "went into wood," "was naughty," "ate some of the cow," for reflection gives more time to master the subject, and to notice what is past, and this will therefore show, that in the way of