Kristumata Chedanam its cage and sleep in it at night covering himself with a blanket like human beings. The following is a true story narrated by Buffon35. One day a surgeon in the city of Litous36 saw a limping spaniel, took it home, bandaged it, kept it under observation for two days and released it on the third day. Until the spaniel was completely healed, it visited the surgeon every morning. After many weeks, the same spaniel brought another lame dog to the surgeon. Through its respectful and humble facial expressions, the spaniel implored to the surgeon to cure its companion just as it was cured. Canâ€&#x;t you see that this was possible only because animals have memory and learn from their experiences? None can say that this is instance of ordinary knowledge. Buffon himself has recorded about a fox that was more intelligent than men. When we read the observations of some European scholars about hippopotamus, birds and ants, we may think that these creatures are superior to men in intelligence. Much as I would like to quote a few of these instances, I shall refrain from doing so lest it would add more pages to this book. 35
An eminent French naturalist of 18th century 36 Litous is a city in Aquitaine, which is a region of France. But it was not possible to ascertain that this was the city meant by the author – Tr.
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