CHAPTER VI. 



Tameness of Animals on Sundays Anecdotes as to Horses- 

 Spaniel Pomeranian Dog Note of Peewit Grass 

 scarified by Rooks Bareness at base of Rook's bill 

 Infants Young Asses Young Elephants Lofty flight 

 of Moorhens at night Land-rail Quail Woodcock- 

 carries young from place to place Snipe Squirrels 

 Nuts and Nutshells on Down Star on Hards forehead 

 Sparrows congregating in hard weather. 



tameness of animals on Sundays, in coun- 

 tries where the day is strictly observed, as 

 contrasted with their comparative wildness on 

 other days, is, I think, so remarkable as scarcely 

 to admit of a doubt. As it can scarcely be 

 imagined that their instinct can lead them to 

 mark the regular recurrence of the day, and their 

 immunity during it from pursuit and danger, it 

 must probably be accounted for by the fact that, 

 labour being suspended, a general stillness per- 

 vades the country, insensibly conveying to their 

 minds a sense of security. Domestic animals, 

 however and those particularly which are most 



