The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-18

Iho psycnoiog'cal process impieo IN tnis pms
nomohoh 10 mahiiesty 9oito complex. fns'.
inc amman must havo opserNoo tnat tno ooo.
is opened " the manu- sraspihs the haho'e anu
moving the iatch. Next sne must reason W
what mas Deen calieu inc logic OF the ieeiines-
mana can 90 TINS why not paw men.
strohey movco Ny .his iuea' sne hiaAes ,no
hrst trial. !he steps which iohow havo NOT
Deen minuteiy watcned. 30 We cannot certaihy
say whether inc cat iearhs py hsuccessioh lux
perimeh.s tnat oppression Oh ING .huInp pieco
constitutes tue essehtiai part Vi .he procesS. "
whetner las IS more rropaDie' her ihitlal CD.
sorvations supp'ieu ner Win .he .nousn. Vi
clicking the thumD piece. but however 'n's
may TO- ID ciear 'na' 'io pusnins WIN 'ao
nihu 1901 ai'er depressing 'nc iaoch "us' 10
que 10 aoapteo reasohihs uhassisteo w opsef-
WALTON.
Dr. komanes ehumerates several analogous
cases OF cats learning spontaneously or WIN
out tuition. to rap with knockers nhd ring beiis'
For instance. Mr. Beishaw. writing to Nature.
says: was sitting In one OF the rooms. the
first evening there, ana nearing LOUD knock
at the 'front.' ooor. was to'u not 10 heea H. as IL
was only the kitten asking admittance. NOT
pelievins THIS. watched Tor myself. ana very
soon saw the Kitten Jump on 10 the door hang
on by one leg. ana put the other lore paw right
see tokens OF no small amount OF observation
ana reasoning. slnce not only mad tho animal
hoticeu tho use 10 wnich khockers arc put.
Out the Jump was not RANDOM spring AT
the piece Oh metal out ueiiperate anu CON-
pick act. having ior us purposes the TWICE re-
peated raising hno dropping OF the knocker'
whlie the Kitten was meanwhile suspended py
another paw to tho door handle. WONDERFUL.
however. US these examples OF summonin9 by
knockers undoubtedly are inc author Oh this
BOOK thinks thoy are surpassed by other ex-
hibitions OF sagacity where tho instrument
resorted TO Is the boil. FOR mere II Is remarked
not merely that cats perfectly well understand
the use OF bells as calls but that In some IN
stances cats jump at ana Jerk Doll wires passing
from outside Into houses tho doors OF which
the animals desire To have opened. Ills IN
formants assure d. komanes that they 90
not know now these cats from any pro-
cess OF observation can have surmised
that puilins the WIRE In an exposed DART
OF its length would have tho cfect OF
ringing the bell; for they can never have seen
any one pulling the wires. The author him.
sell suggests that In these instances the AMI
mails must nave noticed that when the Dolls
were rung the wires moved. and that the doors
were nfterward opened. Then process OF In
ference must have prompted them to try
whether jumping at the wires would produce
inc same ehec's' D"' e'ei 'nis' winch 10 tne
slmpiest explanation possible. imPiies powers
oi minute anu discriminating opser'ation
scarcoiy iess reharkapie 'hai tne exercise Oh
inc deaucti'e FACULTY 10 "nich they give rise.
"ecitc from TINS DOCK oh'y one o'her mus
'lu'ion VI hlsn reasohihs Capacity !" ,nis
a"''l"'. 'ius,"or'.' oorfcspohuuh' U, W."
o"e Ieia'es tn"' WINS parahino iahip
was oeihe 'r'ii'hcu' soilo ot 'he Oh 1911 Oh
INC o"'A Vi va, ant, m"S "i'oi ""iu
is"'eu ''hue' .n'''hS upoh
iio'u .he mrs. Aho e"', WIN hoi o"eA "a q
p!aHe' III an instant iiiaue LOT 'he ooor 'Which
huPpeheu W po open'' anu Speu Wy 'ao siee'
aoo"' ioo yaras' where she plunged INTO !he
sHi"se wn.cfihs 'rous" anu oA'iasu'sheo INC
nahe. .ne trough c"n'a'heu e'Enl OF nine
'nenos VI mA'o' anu pu,' was =" 'i'o "ao'. y,
seeiiis t'e hre put our WIN WAFER every hight
INC '"e. n"i'cu po''' II, VI oo"'so' iihpoie"i,'
as Fno"',s tAe u"'a y, NV, rom WHICH,
the cat aiew her aeo"c,loh. ine presence Oh
niihu eNnioi'ou onoi' aieo an IMPRESSIVE CON
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