n8 LIFE AND HABIT. 



will in the same animal, the attributes of the brain 

 not being affected ; and by dividing the spinal cord into 

 two or more segments we might thus create in the body 

 of one animal two or more such independent centres 

 in addition to that which holds its proper place in the 

 head." 



In the face of the facts before us, it does not seem 

 far-fetched to suppose that there are two, or indeed an 

 infinite number of centres of sensation and will in an 

 animal, the attributes of whose brain are not affected, 

 but that these centres, while the brain is intact, 

 habitually act in connection with and in subordination 

 to that central authority ; as in the ordinary state of 

 the fish trade, fish is caught, we will say, at Yarmouth, 

 sent up to London, and then sent down to Yarmouth 

 again to be eaten, instead of being eaten at Yarmouth 

 when caught. But from the phenomena exhibited by 

 three pieces of an animal, it is impossible to argue 

 that the causes of the phenomena were present in the 

 quondam animal itself; the memory of an infinite 

 series of generations having so habituated the local 

 centres of sensation and will, to act in concert with 

 the central government, that as long as they can get 

 at that government, they are absolutely incapable of 

 acting independently. When thrown on their own 

 resources, they are so demoralised by ages of depend- 

 ence on the brain, that they die after a few efforts 

 at self-assertion, from sheer unfamiliarity with the 

 position, and inability to recognise themselves when 

 disjointed rudely from their habitual associations. 



In conclusion, Dr. Carpenter says, " To say that two 



