, 1875-01-30
ANIMALS.
Higher Life Of the Bruto Crea,
ton.

d1Eher Lille OF the BTuto Crea.
| ton.
| From IdrptfH Hfr&iy.
The following anecdotes hare leon sent to ma
oy London nElyhtcian, md forclb1y illustrate
the faculty possussed by a,imala u! conImuui-
eating ijcas to oa"a other. The first Ia aa cx.
ample OF
| Doa LANGUAGE.
"Wlhle was living in tho country witl, n
friend, q most Interesting incidont was observed
III tho l,gtory Of the dog.
"S1y friend hui several dogs, two Of which
had special attachment to, and al understand
Ing with, each other. Tho uno WIS Scotch tor
| rtcr, gentle and ready to fraternize with oil
! honest comcrs. Tllo ot!,or wa4 na largo rs a
| u'aslir, at1 looked like compound botHeeu tho
tnastid anatho large rough ssag-hound. 1Io wa4
aerro, and required sutue acquaintance Lcforo
you knew What faitLfulness and kindness lay
! beneath his rough aud Savage looking exterior.
Tho ono was gay aud lively, tho other stern aud
thoughtful.
"Ihnso two dogs were ofton observed to so to
certain potn: to;etler, When to small onn ro-
lnnlnea behind at corrcr Of d large GeIl, WlIi!a
tso 'oas.iT tuoa q round by tito side Of tho Gu!u,
which ran up hill for nearly mile, and led 10 q
wood on tho lett. HEsne ajouulod In those dis
tricts and tho oble lect of tile do:s' arrangement
wRs BOOB seen. Tha terrier would start d hare
md cllso 1t up tho hill tow ard tao largo wood at
the summit. mheso they arrived somewhat tired
Al this po,lt the large dug. which was iroah and
had tested after hia walk. darted after tho aui-
nal. which he usually captured. They then ate
tue hare between them, nilsl returned home. This
coutso had hecn systematically carried I'll Tor
Some tme before it WAS fully understood"
IAe ue1t aHcc1nte HnoTH that animals be-
longlnE to different species, such as tho dog aua
cat, can
- COMMUNICATE IDEAS TO EACH OTHER,
nntt art in coucert.
IA relation Of niue tu Dumfriesshira lad n
dog and 3 cat which werp attacAe1 10 each other
In All extraordinary manner, and buth wore great
tAyor1tea in tue household. THO dog, huwoser.
was not intended to sleep in tile houso and wna
carefully put out every night but. Etraugu to
hay, ''s was al~aya found III the morning lying
before the bra, With tho cot by his eius.
''0as escuiug the master Ut the uo,Ae hcar1
sort Of zap Al tho back-door lsading to tia
kltclitn and sas THO Hagacious cat spring up aud
striko illo latch. whilo tho dog pushed open tie
duor. at:d cntered IN triumph. Tho ayntein must
lavo long been carried on. mud when IT Was dis
covered, need not say how i1.teres:od wero tho
members Of tho household in tlcss intelligent
and really wonderful creasurer."
Most peiso1,s have Lizard Of the
tEE.EHEATED HOOK pAnL1A1fEaTs,
though vary few have Seen thet1* 1 hnre an nc
co1iat written by 4 lady, WHO wns at tho tins III
bad health, and was reclining anloug some Slav's
eyed rocks lid not detect l,er.
Tho account much resembles those that lave
already becn given by Other writer's Int intr3-
dnceH Qua additional circumstance. The rouib
{ealted crows by tho sncctatur) assembled in q
circle, and in tho middle WIS one bird looking
vory downcast and wretchod. Two 2,ure roohs
took their places at it's nde, null th,il IL vust
amount Of c.ia1sering went on. At last tho two
the Central bird and flow or Al! the Others ,!let,
set on the condemned bird, rctAcd it 1,early to
pieces, aud wont asay, leaysa'ts t!o nanGled body
on the ground.
The lady who Witnessed this remarkable sccue
was much struck by tin variety Of tones e1n-
ployed By tho birds, aad their great ozpressiye-
nees.
This account is cosroboratea by Mai. Sorgate
in his Notes Gu the ludian Crow" published IN
the ZootoJtst, y. o,G51.
!" THE cNnE HAS MEETINGS.
fer souae rcason or other; theEa the natives cali
Iuuthasctl-a sort Of court.
II have several tnes seen these assemblies.
Four OF ilvo crows will alight upon an opcn
space generally Oh green grAaH. Two or three
Will begin caW,ng, ulld iu 4 minute or two forty
or ilfty Of thcM will como flying towards tho
rlaeo BY twos and thEees from every quarter
They tlon form kind Of ring round one crow,
which appears To have boon mn offender against
aome OF the rulcs O: their Boclety. ard tll3y re-
t,nin still for bono minutes, the culprit mover
appearing to escape. Then. All Of o sudden, ..yo
or ELK Of them will attack tio prisoner, pccklng
"On one occasiou Eaw the crow left dead on
tho spot, aud en- another the prisoners wins;
WIS broken; LIi those courts, or whatever they
nro. suddenly caf1.o to ter1nnation By tho too
neAr approach OF Man Or Il dog, Eaw one
meeting which lasted twenty minutes; hut no
punishment Eas Inflicted OH aly OF them. and no
noiso WIS .naao. Tho wliolo assembly lew off
together; they wnro not dAtnrtel at ll and
we're eating Motfiing' for it took place OIL o
bare plain. OF COURSE. il must only no aurmiped
Us to Hlsy these GROVE aro punished by te
othera: perhaps sono close obserrer may dis
cover tho reaAun."
Acra III casually noticed rather important
!aet+ natlett tlat tnctu Gruw par1iauents aSp
sufficiently common iu India to !lsvu received
namo ~ tho Language of that country, aud that
one individual saw several oi thcnl. I mention
tl,is, 6ecnuha Herera accounts OF crow parlaneuts
arnn III this country have laea received with cot,
siderable incfeiulity. The reader wall ob.pr,o
that III all essential points tho two narratives
aEroe. NY owli correspondent is uf upluion that
the two birds which guarded tho culpslt wore tito
aceusers, and that 1t wna tluir duty to inct tho
first blow There IL euriouu parallel hore here viii It'll
that portion Of tho Mos9ic lAW which ordained
tslat IN caso OF capital punishment tllero must DO
at least two witnesses, and that they must cast
tho itrst stone at tho convicted criminal.
An account Of n
BtA1kAa ACT or JUSTICE
Is related by Sir. ]. Drow, In Harlwickc's Science
Gossip for October, 1871. The event occurred
at Na.ssHdrou iu Cornwall.
1A0 El@4uAASA A1%SA44AOH tAt AtLHuhEU HAA
dawn to vast asaeub!ago Of rocks III our
!hwn. By the terrible vooiferationa they wars
making, it waa eyiaeut that something very ut,-
usual WAS Icing enacted; fur, clanorouz as
inent OF this meeting it would be almost impos.
Blbla to describe.
"After watching them for Bnme time, 1t be-
cana clear that thoy wero in the net Ut CARRYING
out some preconcertei punishment upou luck.
less offender OF their own flock; ior OIL tho |
GROUND wan bl1oG object IN the form Of rock. |
which Waa ovlontly being pecked ut, rolled over
ana over. aud so EaHsed On from rana tn rank VI |
tho assembled multitude. That it Naa no. o I
nero pastime Was ovidont from tho ruthless way |
iu which feathers wcEo pulled out aud contiun-
ous hlowa given.
. ''Iaying waited about ten minutes, We felt n
curiosity 70 know the effect nf slen rhattoiir;
fe. ocity upon tho poor black obiuct, ana dsuv
ltoar to p'ek It up. Of Course tlIa ruoks How
away with loud cawinEs III Hoou AZ VIZ ay,-
preached but. to our great ast9ls:sllincnt. lilo
PROSTATE bird upened lts eyes. aprsHI ts ragBa,l
uit1rru Al,