246 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



wind, and having seen his foe away to a safe distance, he left 

 our company and went off in the opposite direction. The 

 eagle realizing now that there would be no pickings for him, 

 rose in haste and soared to a safe distance. 



This incident suggests a number of psychological problems 

 which will be hard to solve if we accept certain old-time theo- 

 ries of animal creation, but which will solve themselves if 

 we admit the Antelope to be a fellow-creature, with feelings 

 somewhat akin to our own. Had one of us been in the place 

 of the vanquished buck, we should probably have done just 

 as he did. 



