Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-12-01

WD8 EeTy 1aNgu lutotcsnsA Ia Sta0
account, published In your July num-
her, Of the experiments with the intel
lt9ent Cincinnati dog. and | think the
facts there developed tend strongly to
the proof Of ! theory that | have long
believed to be correct, VIZ: AZ some
Of the lower animals are endowed with
sense 81 location and direction which at
most Ii only fundamentally possessed
by man. I do not think that the feats Of
the carrier-pigeon ran be accounted for
on the theory Of any finite development
OF the sense OF sight, smell or hearing.
and the action OF honey-bees presents
the difficulties to persons familiar
with the habits OF these interesting In
scots. In searching for wild honey, the
bee-hunter provides himself with .
small box with . sliding door; inside
Of this box he nuts some sweet sub
stance Is = bait for the bees. When
several beers have collected in the box,
10 closes the lid. As soon as they have
finished eating, lie releases q bee,
which. alter ascending high enough to
clear the surrounding trees, makes 3
"bee-line" for its hive. The hunter
marks this direction and carries his box
or at right angles to tho line male by
the first bee, and releases another bee;
he carefully marks tho direction taken
BY this second bee, and il they are both
the same swarm, the hive will be found
at the point where these two lines
meet.
! might cite well-authenticated cases
Of cats, pigs and dogs finding their way
home, where such q feat would seem
| fmpossibl0 To mar under like circun,-
stances; my object, however. was not
70 theorize. but simply TO record what
! c0nsidor some interesting obsorva-
tiOns bearing upon this subject.
LAST spring. ! uit z trout-pond IN
ming brook dlscharging Q SIX hun-
gred ct1oic ieet q water per minute
The brook IS quite rapid where IT passes
the pond, and the surface o. the pond
e some = feet higher Than the sur
g OF the brook. The pond IS supplied
with water brought two thousand feet
IN underground pipes ~ discnafgeu
9 fountain IN the center OF the pond.
Common buti-irogs (kana pipiens) DC
casicnally md their way into this
pond Tn the 10Th 81 last Jnly found
three frogs In the pond, and shot all OF
them with . pistol. dipped them up
with 9 scoop-net, = found two OF
them shot through the body, and the
other, . little fellow, weighing about
two ounces. was shat across the back;
the bullet just RAISING the skin and
leaving a white streak across its dark
green surface. emptied the three
frogs ont Of the net into the swift
running water Of the brook, and they
/ AOatnA ia tun cteoOu. ryIf nf csrhk I'm
the 18th Of July, the day following, |
found the wounded frog in the pond
again, and readily recognized it by the
scar from the bullet. ! found no ditfi-
Guilty IN catching 1t in the scoop-net,
and, Tearing that the scar might disap-
pear from its back, | cut of the center
toe Of its right foot, put the frog into &
paper bag, carried it down the brool.
across a bridge, and finally threw Il
into the stream some one hundred yards
below the pond.
On the Path Of July | found the frog
back again, caught 1t, and. so as to leave
no doubt about its Identification, ! cut
of the middle toe OF the left foot. /
then put the frog in the paper bag,
started from the pond in q northeast
coGlse, stopped and whirled the bag
I 8xO00Q SO ~ I'd tS0uIuS6 AAY tucttS JilAt
Ii might have had OF direction, and then
changed my course, and finally released
the frog on the opposite side of the
brook liz mn oat-field about on eighth OF
2 mile IN an eastcrly direction from the
t;nr anu ;daa from watching me. i
passed on AFTER releasing A., ana oid no,
go DacK AGAIN . .he poHu ioI scse,al
hours. three Gays al!erwaid . saw 'ne
frog ~ the Q asain' Dut ~ was 80
wild thai could not catch y win nay
scoop net, n l aiterward trieu various
devices TO capture " awe, out the INC.
ment u saw me approash tne poili u
would Jump y a remain aaden IN the
tonesat the oottom untli ! ieIt. rinaiiy'
aespairing OF catcning italive, any nav
ing some uouDts aooui y. iueatty' On
tne ssn OF august ! snol y: anu recog,
ni1ea ~ oy the absence q tAe cu1-ou
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