Sect. XVI. u OF INSTINCT. iof 



SECT. XVL 



OF INSTINCT. 



HAUD EQUIDEM CREDO, qUlA SIT DIVIN1TUS ILL1S 

 INGENIUM, AUT RERUM FATO PRUDENTIA MAJOR. 



VIRG. GEORG. L. I. 415. 



I. InfiinElive atlions defined. Of connate pafiions. II. Of the fen* 



fations and motions of the foetus in the womb. III. Some animals 

 are more perfeclly formed than others before nativity. Of learn- 

 ingto walk. IV. Of the /wallowing, breathing, /ticking, pecking, 

 and lapping of young animals. V. Of the fenfe of/nell, and its 

 ufes to animals. Why cats do not eat their kittens* VI. Of the 

 accuracy of fight in mankind \ and their fienje of beauty. Of the 



fenfe of touch in elephants •, monkies, beavers, men. VII. Of nat- 

 ural language. VIII. The origin of natural language ; I . the 

 language of fear ; 2. of grief ; 3. of tender pleafure ,- 4. offe- 

 rene pie of tire ; 5. of anger ; 6 .jf attention. IX. Artificial lan- 

 guage of turkies, hens, ducklings, wagtails, cuckoos, rabbits, dogs y 

 and nightingales. X. Ofmufic; of tooth- edge ; of a good ear ; 

 of ar chit eel ure. XI. Of acquired knowledge; of foxes, rooks f 



fieldfares, lapwings, dogs, cats, horfes, crows, pelicans, the tiger , 

 and rattlefnake. XII. Of birds of pajfage, dormice, fnakes, bats 3 



fwallows, quails, ring-doves, the flare, chaffinch, hoopoe, chatterer, 

 hawfinch, cro/s-bill, rails and cranes. XIII. Of birds' nefis ; of 

 the cuckoo ; of '/wallows' nefis ; of the t ay lor bird. XIV. Of the 

 old/oldier-i of haddocks, ceds, and dog-fi/h ; of the remora ; of 

 crabs, herrings, and/almon. XV. Of/piders, caterpillars, ants % 

 and the ichneumon. XVI. 1. Of locufis, gnats ; 2. bees ; 3. 

 dormice, flies, worms, ants, and wa/ps. XVII. Of the faculty 

 that difiinguifioes man from the brutes. 



I. All thofe internal motions of animal bodies, which con- 

 tribute to digeft their aliment, produce their fecretions, repair 

 their injuries, or increafe their growth, are performed without 

 our attention or confeioufnefs. They exift as well in our fleep, 

 as in our waking hours, as well in the fetus during the time 

 of geftation, as in the infant after nativity, and proceed with 

 equal regularity in the vegetable as in the animal fyilem. Thefe 

 motions have been (hewn in a former part of this work to de- 

 pend on the irritations of peculiar fluids, and as they have never 

 been ciaffed amongft the inftinftive actions of animals, are pre- 

 cluded from our prefent difquifitior.- 



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