First Attempts at Observation 



as we are definitely taught by what happens 

 in my rearing-appllance. 



Foreseeing a need of food, I had supplied 

 the dish with a few droppings. When the 

 excavation-works were finished, I found these 

 pellets untouched and undiminished in num- 

 ber. The father, supposing him to go 

 strolling about at night, could not fail to 

 see them. He had taken no notice of them. 



The peasants in my neighbourhood, rude 

 tillers of the soil, have four meals a day. 

 At early dawn, on rising, a hunk of bread 

 and a few dried figs, for a snack, as they put 

 it. In the fields, at nine o'clock, the wife 

 brings the soup and its complement of ancho- 

 vies and olives, which give a man an honest 

 thirst. On the stroke of two, in the shade 

 of a hedge, lunch is taken from the wallet, 

 consisting of almonds and bread and cheese. 

 This is followed by a sleep in the hottest 

 part of the day. When night falls, they go 

 home, where the housewife has made ready 

 a salad of lettuces and a dish of fried pota- 

 toes seasoned with onions. All told, a great 

 deal of eating to a moderate amount of 

 work. 



Ah, how greatly superior is the Minotaur ! 

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