The Dillon tribune., 1883-02-03
~p1oYfsso1 HUXLEY Oh poea

Pnorrsson Huxley pointed cut Ly n.
aid OF . diagram, IN which f.,rce was siv.s
to the illustration BY the skeleton Of tie
animal being raised on hind lsga. that II
internal construction the only dinerenc.
between man ana dog was one Of size and
proportion. There WIS not . bone in one
which did not exist in the other-not sin.
gle constituent in the one that was not to
% found in the other. In the case Of the
dox there y - not that which. on super.
6cia1 examii 1t on, answered :. the collar.
tonX Of the man; but close dissection
vould disclose in the case Of TIE lower ani.
NAL 4 little bone varying in length from a
third to half an inch. occupy ng the same
place as the hnmnn collar hone. which was
indub tably rudimen ary collar.bone. It
appeared to be of no functional importauc<.
but there it was.
Considering the psychological nature Of
the dog. the lecturer remarked that he
might be met at the outset with the ob:ec.
ton, = Talk of the mind OF Cog; why
don't believe he has q mind We'll, thu
ouiy reason - hal for assuming that the
dog had q mind was the same reason by
which he assumed that all present hid
minds There was no direct evidence of
the fact any more in the one than in the
other. Run a pin INTO man. and thee
was start and cry. ny whIc' they came
to the conclusion ttat pain hid res .lted
Run pin into dog. AID there was a howl
and attempt. perhaps. 10 bite. by which we
inferred that b. ar.irnal was iu a state Of
CONSCIOUSNESS IN which Il a.so sutt- red pain,
Could they say that the dog was a mere
piece Of animate machinery 1t was quite
true that certa ph is rfers hai he'd
views of that kind. nnt common sense seo.
ple wouid not have I. and ne believed the
common sense .soi!e were r!-ht A tie
same time be "aS G!>po>eA 20 tElnE !; AT n
dogs the feeling Of ain VAS infinitely
du.ler than III huaan beings As TO the
other SENSES belorg.nr TO dogs. he vas IN.
clined to doubt very much If dogs ou.d zee
with ANYTHING Ike the di>tnct' ess OF mar
Their hearla, was In,.i>puttblt very acuh,
but it was a remarkable TACT that tht
sense was regulated on a totally different
scale in dogs as compared with human be.
inss. DID tney ever hear OF dog t:kinga
. pleasure in music: On the contrary. the
sounds os music seemed to cause him acute
pain accompanied hy Il horri e sort of IA.
cin.tion which fastened Tim to the spot ut
which he was subjected TO the tor ure.
Else when I. Ger nan band was doing its
worst in the streets. way 'iid be sit upon
his haurcies ana Lonl wien lie might get
up and run away: Ye; he often wondered
whether dogs really did suffer pain .lu!l
muse or whether they hnNled pur !y i'll
sympathy. a, did the jacka.s OF the prA-
ries
The sense Of smell in dog was some.
thing marvellous s--marve. lOus lot Ouly tor
il, delicacy. b'.t for the tact that its dis
elimination OF what was agree able and d :.
agreeable was exac,ly the reverse 0. ouls
Tney ne. .er heard Of dog being infatuated
with lavender water. or p tchouli. or ear,
de Cologne: lie rather revelled n the
smells which to men were a source Of nn.
feigned horror and disgust. He once pcs.
sessed n dog which he frequently left
among.t the tho .sands frequeuting Re-
gents P.rk, to sec.e,e himsef Gehind a
tree. So soon a. the animal found that he
had Lost his master he laid his nose to tht
grouni. and in that manner very soor
Tracked him to his hiding place. Tua
showed that the dog had the power Of Dis
tinguishing the particular modification i"
the leather Of the boots c. used BY the wea:
ing Of his master. in contradistinction to
the notifications produced by hundreds =
thousands of other people present at th'
moment.
Ae to the ability Of dogs tc find their wa,
from place to place he believed there wa
an unconscious registration in their min.
of the visual pictures presented to it in tn,
various tracks Il rough which they passed
and that the memory ", rked backwar,
until the animal reached its destination
No one could doubt the moral disposition
OF dogs some were Trustworthy. othe,
more o! less thieves; some were amiabl.
others VICIOUS, and on Neither wa
there any doubt that dog had iteas o
equality and inequality They could easil,
settle that poin, by tferiag dog la,g
and small piece Of meat on the same dis. :,
and by observing which he toos first In
deed. there was no Fundamental facult,
Connected with the reasoning powers thai
might not be demonstrated to exist in dogs
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