320 CELL INTELLIGENCE THE CAUSE OF EVOLUTION 



that look after the balancing and the action of the heart, 

 must be just as intelligent as the cells which are located 

 in the head and direct the actions of your arm or hand 

 when you are learning how to perform some particular 

 action like writing or balancing. 



Instinctive actions in animals are of course the same as 

 those in man. We are perfectly conscious of the act and 

 still we feel as though something gets possession of us, 

 as for instance when the mating instinct takes possession 

 of us. We are then in love as we call it. The act of per- 

 petuating the race is the most important thing of man's 

 life and it also requires the combined acts of the whole 

 individual. For these reasons the cells see fit to give both 

 mental and bodily control to the nerve center or cells who 

 have that matter in charge. No individual will act except 

 in accordance with his thoughts, so it is clear that in all 

 instinctive actions in man and animals, insects or plants, 

 the actions are the will of the party who performs them. 



The following by Mr. Hallock shows some instances of 

 animal intelligence : "A man allowed a sow pig about a 

 year old to run in his orchard. He watched her go to a 

 young apple tree, shake the tree and eat the apples which 

 fell. Having finished these, she again shook the tree, 

 pricked up her ears and listened for more to fall, but as 

 none fell she went away. 



"Another sow, with a litter of pigs, was accustomed to 

 spending the day in a forest, returning home at night to 

 be fed. When her pigs were of sufficient age, three were 

 taken to be roasted, at different times, being caught when 

 she returned home with them. After the third had been 

 taken, she came without the pigs. The next evening a 

 watch was set to find out what had become of them, but 

 she would not allow them to follow her farther than the 

 edge of the forest and drove them back repeatedly; she 



