Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-11


which brooding hen was concealed, after
standing chirping for minute or two, uni
tormly set off straight to the box, in an
swer to the call of the hen which they had
never seen and never before heard. This
they did struggling through grass and over
rough ground, when not able to stand
steadily on their legs. Again, chickens
that from the first had been denied the use
Of their eyes, by having hoods drawn over
their heads whlie yet IN the shell, were
while thus blind made the biect of ex-
pertinent. These, when left to themselves
seldom made forward step, their move
ments were round and round and back
ward but when placed within five or six
feet OF the hen mother, they, in answer to
her call, became much more Lively, began
to make lttle forward journeys, aud soon
followed her by sound alone, though, of
course, blindly. Another experiment con-
sisted in rendering chickens deaf for a
. time by sealing their ears with several
folds of gum paper before they had escap-
e1 from the saeJl. These, on having their
ears opened when two or three days Old,
aud beng placed within call Of the mother
I concealed IN box, after turning round a
( few Tunes, ran straight to the spot whence
came the first sound they had ever heard.
7 Clearly of these chickens 1t canno, he SAID
I that sounds were to them at first but
meaningless sensations.
/ One or TWO observations favorable to
/ the opinion that ANIMALS have an iustinc-
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lac Ha"d 'H4s J. 1'teilple 70 oe Ae'u
steady 'y "a F'sl''e tA2t'' l ms 1 Tecorded
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