﻿THE 
  PROBLEM 
  OF 
  BODY 
  AND 
  MIND 
  239 
  

  

  August 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  spring 
  of 
  that 
  southern 
  country, 
  some 
  

   days 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  flocks 
  had 
  taken 
  their 
  departure 
  to 
  the 
  

   south, 
  he 
  was 
  out 
  riding, 
  and 
  saw 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  before 
  him 
  

   on 
  the 
  plain 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  geese. 
  They 
  were 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  

   a 
  white 
  and 
  a 
  brown 
  bird. 
  Their 
  movements 
  attracted 
  

   his 
  attention 
  and 
  he 
  rode 
  to 
  them. 
  The 
  female 
  was 
  walking 
  

   steadily 
  on 
  in 
  a 
  southerly 
  direction, 
  while 
  the 
  male, 
  greatly 
  

   excited, 
  and 
  calling 
  loudly 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  walked 
  at 
  

   a 
  distance 
  ahead, 
  and 
  constantly 
  turned 
  back 
  to 
  see 
  and 
  

   call 
  to 
  his 
  mate, 
  and 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  minutes 
  he 
  would 
  

   rise 
  up 
  and 
  fly, 
  screaming, 
  to 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  some 
  hundreds 
  

   of 
  yards 
  ; 
  then 
  finding 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  followed 
  he 
  would 
  

   return 
  and 
  alight 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  yards 
  in 
  

   advance 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  bird, 
  and 
  begin 
  walking 
  on 
  as 
  before. 
  

   The 
  female 
  had 
  one 
  wing 
  broken, 
  and, 
  unable 
  to 
  fly, 
  had 
  set 
  

   out 
  on 
  her 
  long 
  journey 
  to 
  the 
  Magellanic 
  Islands 
  on 
  her 
  

   feet; 
  and 
  her 
  mate, 
  though 
  called 
  to 
  by 
  that 
  mysterious 
  

   imperative 
  voice 
  in 
  his 
  breast, 
  yet 
  would 
  not 
  forsake 
  her; 
  

   but 
  flying 
  a 
  little 
  distance 
  to 
  show 
  her 
  the 
  way, 
  and 
  return- 
  

   ing 
  again 
  and 
  again, 
  and 
  calling 
  to 
  her 
  with 
  his 
  wildest 
  

   and 
  most 
  piercing 
  cries, 
  urged 
  her 
  still 
  to 
  spread 
  her 
  wings 
  

   and 
  fly 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  their 
  distant 
  home. 
  

  

  " 
  And 
  on 
  that 
  sad, 
  anxious 
  way 
  they 
  would 
  journey 
  on 
  

   to 
  the 
  inevitable 
  end, 
  when 
  a 
  pair 
  or 
  family 
  of 
  carrion 
  

   eagles 
  would 
  spy 
  them 
  from 
  a 
  great 
  distance 
  the 
  two 
  

   travellers 
  left 
  far 
  behind 
  by 
  their 
  fellows, 
  one 
  flying, 
  the 
  

   other 
  walking; 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  would 
  be 
  left 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  

   journey 
  alone 
  " 
  (Birds 
  and 
  Man. 
  2nd 
  Ed., 
  1915, 
  p. 
  214). 
  

   The 
  realm 
  of 
  animal 
  life 
  is 
  crowded 
  with 
  this 
  sort 
  of 
  thing. 
  

  

  (Ill) 
  Also 
  to 
  be 
  rejected 
  is 
  subjective 
  idealism, 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  extreme 
  antithesis 
  of 
  epiphenomenalism, 
  and 
  finds 
  

   nothing 
  real 
  but 
  the 
  routine 
  of 
  personal 
  conscious 
  experience. 
  

  

  