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movable bottom to bis feeding trougb, so arranged 

 tbat by suddenly pulling a cord, the food which it 

 contained could be raised or lowered. When every- 

 thing remained stationary in its place the thrush ate 

 with lively readiness, but as soon as I raised the food 

 he nearly always flew off in alarm. When the ex- 

 periment had been often repeated, he did not like to 

 come near the feeding trough, and which is a still 

 stronger proof that he imagined the food itself to be 

 endowed with life he often refused to approach, or 

 only approached in fear the sopped bread which was 

 placed outside the trough. I tried the same experi- 

 ment with other birds, and nearly always with the 

 same result. 



On another occasion I repeatedly waved a white 

 handkerchief before a spirited horse, bringing it close 

 to his eyes ; at first he loo*ked at it suspiciously and 

 shied a little, but without being much discomposed, 

 and I continued the experiment until he became 

 accustomed to its ordinary appearance. One day I 

 and a friend went out driving with this horse, and 

 I directed a man, while we were passing at a moderate 

 pace, to wave the same handkerchief, attached to a 

 stick, in such a way that his person on the other side of 

 the hedge was invisible. The horse was scared and 

 shied violently, and even in the stable he could not 

 see the handkerchief without trembling, and it was 

 difficult to reconcile him to the sight of it. I re- 

 peated the experiment with slight variations on other 



