Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-04-28
THE SENSES OF ANIMALS.
Eir John Lubbock's Black Poodle ''Van. T
 Bees Sensibility to Sound.

Bees Sens1Dll1ty 10 sound.
 Sir John Lubbock recently delivered q lecture to the members of the Edinburgh Philosophical institute on 1.-The Sense an l Senses of Animals" in the course oi which he said that there had been so many important recent works published relating to his subject that he thought it would be more interesting were he to deal, for the most part, with his own observations. Different ideas prevailed regarding the question of the intelligence of animals. Some people regarded dog as an animal almost as wise and clever as themselves: but, on asking them if they thought dog could realize that two and two made four, he generally found a good deal of doubt on that point.
 Sir John Lubbock then described the system which he had adopted in the training of his own black poodle dog, ''Van." He had placed two pieces of cardboard, on one of which was printed in large letters the word ''food,n the other being blank, on two saucers. In one of the saucers was food, and the card with the word upon it. In the other, the blank card and no food. In about ten days the dog began to distinguish the card with the letters from the plaln card, and would go at onco to the printed one. The lecturer then related in some detail his successful efforts in inducing tho Jog to bring him the proper card when he wanted food, in teaching him to know other cards containing the words tout, y ''tea," s'bone, ''water On bringing tho card marked ''out'' he would rush to the door. The cards were not put in the same places, but in different posi- tions; and in order that the dog migh. not be guided by Ccent, other cards with the same markings were used.
 No one who saw him look down the row of cards, and pick out tho one wanted. could doubt that he sought a particular card for a particular object. He had found, at the end of three months experiments, that he could net get the dog to realize tho difference of colors. and it was just possible that the dog might be color blind. He had also failed to get the dog to distinguish among one, two, three, or four broad bands upon the cards. In order to ascertain if bees were sensible to sounds, he had placed some honey on musical box on his lawn. The box played fo. ten 6ays without stopping, and then hc removed it to window sill on tho frs: floor of his house. Not q ls.c tano to it. H. again placed 1t on the lawn, and the. again returned to the hcucy. He nc1t brought it into the drawing IU-n on thl ground floor, about ten yards from t: former position, but they did not follow but on his bringing two or three bec. , into the house and putting them on tht honey, they began to feed, and. flyin. e, returned with their companions. ' seemed as if they did not hear the tune
 Regarding the old idea that bees would not swarm unless they were ''tanged' by tho creation of sounds. he was under tilo impression that 1t vcs the '.oy,i tones" which tho insects heard, ar, which were inaudible to our cars. Tht sounds were so low as to be beyond ou, range of hearing. Man, he said, haC five senses, and fancied that no other were possible; but it was obvious the we could not measure the infinite by ou own narrow Limitations. Even within the penetration of cur own senses ther might be endless sounds which we coul, not hear, and colnrs of which VIC hav no conception. There vas also the othe question still remaining for solution, tha the familiar world which surrounded u might be different place altogether fo other animals, in which there was musl we could not hear, colors we could no see, and sensations which we could nc conceive The pursuit of such studie gave clew to senses and perceptions 0 which we had no conception.-Mechan | ical World,