, 1875-09-13
Birds Stimulating slsfscrtng-Antmul
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Birds Stimulating slsffcrinE-Anlmul
IuHtlhcts
In walking n!ong tho nlio OF = river with over
hanging banks, came suddenly on wild duck
{Anas Doschtsj, whose young were just out.
HpringinR from under tho bank, al1e 1tuktercd
ont Into the aream with loud erica and With all
tho atrnggles to escapo Of hoplossy wounded
bird. 10 simulate tho effects Of sufrernCs, from
tliaeaao, or from strong emotion, or from wounds
Of tho actors art, and 1t Ia not often really wof
doho. Tho tricks OF the theatre arc seldom
natural. and 1t sa not Without robson that "the-
atrlcal has become pfoyerblal expression for
false aud srtihcta! representation OF tho ioalti0H
OF life. Il MAS. therefore, with no small interest
that on this, as on many oslos occaalons, l
watched tho perfection OF m art which Mrs,
Btddons might have ensled. Tho laborod aud
ha.t-convnfsiFe Tapping Of Tho wings, tho wrig-
Cling Of tho body, tho gtrainlng Of tbe mock, aid
tho whole a1prerBlon OF painful and abostiya
effort. wore really admirable. Whom her strug-
gleR had carried Ter considerable distance, and
she taw they produced no offeot In tomptiog US
to follow, she mado reHounding flaps upon Tho
heaelf which IL MAS tho groat object Of the
mAaeuYro TO attract. Tl,e,l. rIaine sudlaniY II,
tho att, sho madc great clroto roubd us, and
!eturntaK to the spot roslowod her etulea7ora aB
betofn. IT. Was NOT, however, necessary; for tho
sepsrate instinct Of tho young III succcHHful
hiding, o1ectuaily baflcd all my attempts 10
discover them.
Ifnow We examine, ia tho light Of ohr own
reuaon, oil the elen,cnts OF knowledge or OF in-
tallcctnal perception upon wllic, tia inAtnct Of
tho Wild duck IL founded aud all Ut which, Al
existing somewhere, II undoubtedly reflects, We
shall soon 500 how various aud extensive those
elements Of kno"ledso are. First, thero IL tho
knowledge that tho CAUSE OF tho alarm Is q
caruiyorons anl1aaf On this Fundamental point
no creature iA over deceived. Tho yonnReat
chick knows hawk. and tho dreaded form fffst
with inhtaus terror. Next. thero is the kuowl-
edge that dogs aud other caruIvosous 4aadtupeds
have the seilae Of smell, ~ additional element
q danger 10 The creatutes on which th0y proy.
Ne1t, there IL the knowledge that tho dog, not
boing itaof flying animal. hhs sense enot.gh
avail sot Il tls sure and i casy y' ms.hod S 'ea oi
escape. No1e, there Ia tho conclusion from nil
this knowledge that II tho do4 is 10 be induced
to chase. y must be led to suppose thar tho
power OF niRht has hecn somehow lost. And
then lbato IL the fnrthor conclusion TINT this can
0n!y 30 dono by allch Rn accurate initiation Of q
disabled bird ~ shall deceive tho onemy into d
belief In tbo possibility ot capture. And lastly,
tneso aro all the powers Of memory and tho qna-
bo performed All this reasoning aud ait thIs
knostrtlge Is certainly involved in the action Of
tho brd-mother, juat a. certaiuly ~ reasoning
and knowledge of uuch profoundo1
5nstmeut Of tho ofgnnu machinery by whiol.
and through which tho action IL itael2 performed,
luke " Argyll, tn the Contemporary Revie,c.
Tho editor Of the Dresden Doinqs is rather ab-
sent-ntded, IL held tho posltion Of local on
the St. Albans Pioneer ssvesal years ago, snu
wAA klons in the Office, writing up soma itoIns,
one morning. Nteu stranger came iu and pre-.
sents0 = scrap of taaper with tha words acrawiol
&SkWatdly: ~ am dumb aud deaf aud have
nothing 10 buy bssads can you he!p rso -
Wheeling xlauced at it, looted uptllen out of tho
window, trying to recall y local item. :" ilow