A Story Outline of Evolution 



fox, wolf and many others have developed a similar cun- 

 ning for the purpose of deceiving their enemies and of lur- 

 ing to them their prey. A fox, when pursued by hounds, 

 will sometimes run into the midst of a flock of sheep and 

 continue with them in circles over the pasture in order that 

 the hounds may loose the scent of a fox's track. In other 

 cases, where the hounds are pursuing a fox that has a mate, 

 the foxes will exchange tracks in order to rest each other. 

 This is accomplished by running together for a distance 

 and then the tired fox will get into a stream of water and 

 go down the stream keeping in the water and its mate will 

 cross the stream just as it is approached, thus luring the 

 hounds after the obliging mate. This "trading tracks" is 

 accomplished in many other ways such as the tired animal 

 jumping over a cliff while the animal's mate leads off in 

 short steps along the top of the cliff. Many of the birds 

 with a brood of young have developed the deceiving habit 

 of fluttering off apparently with a broken wing in order to 

 lure her enemy from her brood. Many other cases might 

 be mentioned concerning the mental processes of dogs which 

 transcend instinct. 



Because the wild animals were superior in muscular 

 strength and possessed more powerful organs of attack and 

 defense, it became necessary for man to outwit and over- 

 come his enemies by methods developed by his reasoning 

 powers. This applies to a period when he had no heritage 

 of achievements from the ages other than that of instinct. 

 Experience had taught him that a club to horn, tooth or 

 claw combat with the wild beasts was a dangerous under- 

 taking and that he must devise some weapon with which 



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