i6o Instinct. 



community. But of the variation of Instinct un- 

 der domestication and its relation to man, we shall 

 have occasion to speak again. 



All Instinct, on the part of many animals, would 

 be useless in providing for their young, were there 

 not an answering Instinct on the part of the young, 

 that brings them into proper relation to their pa- 

 rents, or to the world, in those cases where paren- 

 tal care cannot avail for them. 



The cry of danger, from the hen or partridge, 

 would be of no avail to save her scattered brood, 

 were there not an answering Instinct in the young, 

 that instantly recognizes the note of warning, and 

 impels them to seek cover. They fly from the 

 mother and hide themselves ; as though conscious 

 that she cannot protect them from the bird of prey, 

 without exposing herself to death. 



Among our highest domestic animals, the mam- 

 mals, the care of the dam would fail to provide for 

 the young, were there not an Instinct which leads 

 the young to seek the udder. Here is the milk se- 

 creted ; and it is the food, and the only proper 

 food, for the young. And they seek it for them- 

 selves ; for not one of these hoof-bearing mammals, 

 could feed its own young ; or, in any direct way, 

 aid the young in feeding ; and the same is true of 

 wild animals, that have the same structure. The 

 young of such animals, must feed themselves, with- 

 out aid or instruction. They must feed themselves 

 at once, or die. There never was a time when 

 those animals could care better for their young than 



