I gradually led him up to the point I desired--that is, _I_ FORCED HIM TO RECEIVE MY THOUGHT AND ACT UPON IT, as far as his canine capabilities could do, and he has never once failed.

It is sufficient for me to strongly WILL him to do a certain thing, and I can convey that command of mine to his brain without uttering a single word, and he will obey me." I suppose I showed surprise and incredulity in my face, for Heliobas smiled at me and continued: "I will put him to the proof at any time you like.

If you wish him to fetch anything that he is physically able to carry, and will write the name of whatever it is on a slip of paper, just for me to know what you require, I guarantee Leo's obedience." I looked at Zara, and she laughed.
"It seems like magic to you, does it not ?" she said; "but I assure you it is quite true." "I am bound to admit," said Prince Ivan, "that I once doubted both Leo and his master, but I am quite converted.

Here, mademoiselle," he continued, handing me a leaf from his pocket-book and a pencil--"write down something that you want; only don't send the dog to Italy on an errand just now, as we want him back before we adjourn to the drawing-room." I remembered that I had left an embroidered handkerchief on the couch in Zara's room, and I wrote this down on the paper, which I passed to Heliobas.

He glanced at it and tore it up.