Longer and longer names and sentences are spoken with perfect distinctness, but the influence of the dialect of the neighborhood is occasionally perceptible. His nurse is the one who talks most with him. She is from the Schwarzwald, and from her comes the omission of the "n" at the end of words, as in _Kaennche_, _trocke_. Besides, the confounding of the surd, "p," with the sonant, "b" (_putter_), is so frequent that it may well be taken from the Thuringian dialect, like the confounding of "eu" and "ei" (_heit_). The only German sounds that still present great difficulties are "sch" and "chts" (in "nichts"). The memory of the child has indeed improved, but it has become somewhat fastidious. Only that which seems interesting and intelligible to the child impresses itself permanently; on the other hand, useless and unintelligible verses learned by rote, that persons have taught him, though seldom, for fun, are forgotten after a few days. In the _thirty-third month_ the strength of memory already mentioned for certain experiences shows itself in many characteristic remarks. Thus the child, again absent from home with his parents for some weeks, says almost every evening, _gleich blasen die Soldaten_ (the soldiers, i. e., the band, will play directly), although no soldier is to be seen in the country far and wide. But at home the music was actually to be heard every evening. At sight of a cock in his picture-book the child says, slowly, _Das ist der Hahn--kommt immer--das ganze Stueck fortnehmt--von der Hand--und laueft fort_ ("That is the cock--keeps coming--takes away the whole piece--out of the hand--and runs off"). This narrative--the longest yet given, by the way--has reference to the feeding of the fowls, on which occasion the cock had really carried off a piece of bread. The doings of animals in general excited the attention of the child greatly. He is capable even of forgetting to eat, in order to observe assiduously the movements of a fly. _Jetzt geht in die Zeitung--geht in die Milch!_ _Fort Thier! Geh fort! Unter den Kaffee!_ (Now he is going into the newspaper--going into the milk! Away, creature! go away! into the coffee!) His interest is very keen for other moving objects also, particularly locomotives.