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UNOPENED PARCELS. 109 "All manner of things at different.times," said he, smiling. "Dogs calculate practically though not arithmetically; and I have come at last to the belief that it is not possible to lay down definitions between reason and instinct. The absence of the power of communicating by speech and writing is hardly sufficiently considered by philosophers. But certainly animals who cannot be taught their arithmetic tables cannot rank as high among reasonable beings as those who are able to exercise that noble and important" That will do, papa," cried I, jumping up, and laying my hand over his mouth, for I saw a smile coming into the corners of his lips as he said "noble and important" in very sonorous tones. That will do, papa. You said you wouldn't say a word more about that nasty arithmetic, and here you've brought it all back again through the dog!" "Well, if I was to begin with a ship I couldn't help doing the same thing, Honor." Once more I felt curious, but scarcely liked to own it. We should never hear again from your uncle