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A
phrase
with
animals
is
nothing
more
than
a
kind
of
song
or
spoken
cry
,
borrowed
from
a
strange
language
of
which
they
do
not
know
the
meaning
.
However
that
might
be
,
Dingo
had
become
the
hero
of
the
deck
,
of
which
fact
he
took
no
proud
advantage
.
Several
times
Captain
Hull
repeated
the
experiment
.
The
wooden
cubes
of
the
alphabet
were
placed
before
Dingo
,
and
invariably
,
without
an
error
,
without
hesitation
,
the
two
letters
,
S
and
V
,
were
chosen
from
among
all
by
the
singular
animal
,
while
the
others
never
attracted
his
attention
.
As
for
Cousin
Benedict
,
this
experiment
was
often
renewed
before
him
,
without
seeming
to
interest
him
.
"
Meanwhile
,
"
he
condescended
to
say
one
day
,
"
we
must
not
believe
that
the
dogs
alone
have
the
privilege
of
being
intelligent
in
this
manner
.
Other
animals
equal
them
,
simply
in
following
their
instinct
.
Look
at
the
rats
,
who
abandon
the
ship
destined
to
founder
at
sea
;
the
beavers
,
who
know
how
to
foresee
the
rising
of
the
waters
,
and
build
their
dams
higher
in
consequence
;
those
horses
of
Nicomedes
,
of
Scanderberg
,
and
of
Oppien
,
whose
grief
was
such
that
they
died
when
their
masters
did
;
those
asses
,
so
remarkable
for
their
memory
,
and
many
other
beasts
which
have
done
honor
to
the
animal
kingdom
.
Have
we
not
seen
birds
,
marvelously
erect
,
that
correctly
write
words
dictated
by
their
professors
;
cockatoos
that
count
,
as
well
as
a
reckoner
in
the
Longitude
Office
,
the
number
of
persons
present
in
a
parlor
?
Has
there
not
existed
a
parrot
,
worth
a
hundred
gold
crowns
,
that
recited
the
Apostle
's
Creed
to
the
cardinal
,
his
master
,
without
missing
a
word
?
Finally
,
the
legitimate
pride
of
an
entomologist
should
be
raised
to
the
highest
point
,
when
he
sees
simple
insects
give
proofs
of
a
superior
intelligence
,
and
affirm
eloquently
the
axiom
:
"
'
In
minimis
maximus
Deus
,
'
those
ants
which
,
represent
the
inspectors
of
public
works
in
the
largest
cities
,
those
aquatic
argyronetes
which
manufacture
diving-bells
,
without
having
ever
learned
the
mechanism
;
those
fleas
which
draw
carriages
like
veritable
coachmen
,
which
go
through
the
exercise
as
well
as
riflemen
,
which
fire
off
cannon
better
than
the
commissioned
artillerymen
of
West
Point
?
No
!
this
Dingo
does
not
merit
so
many
eulogies
,
and
if
he
is
so
strong
on
the
alphabet
,
it
is
,
without
doubt
,
because
he
belongs
to
a
species
of
mastiff
,
not
yet
classified
in
zoological
science
,
the
canis
alphabeticus
of
New
Zealand
.
"
In
spite
of
these
discourses
and
others
of
the
envious
entomologist
,
Dingo
lost
nothing
in
the
public
estimation
,
and
continued
to
be
treated
as
a
phenomenon
in
the
conversations
of
the
forecastle
.
All
this
time
,
it
is
probable
that
Negoro
did
not
share
the
enthusiasm
of
the
ship
in
regard
to
the
animal
.
Perhaps
he
found
it
too
intelligent
.
However
,
the
dog
always
showed
the
same
animosity
against
the
head
cook
,
and
,
doubtless
,
would
have
brought
upon
itself
some
misfortune
,
if
it
had
not
been
,
for
one
thing
,
"
a
dog
to
defend
itself
,
"
and
for
another
,
protected
by
the
sympathy
of
the
whole
crew
.
