HEAD OF BLAINVILLE'S BAT. 



Some have suggested that the alleged sixth sense of the 

 Bat is nothing more nor less than the sense of feeling. To 

 a certain extent this is true, but the same thing can be said 

 of every sense that we possess. 



The Bat has an organ that we do not have which 

 enables it to get a very fair idea of its surroundings without 

 the use of either ears or eyes. This organ is peculiar to 

 itself, and does not resemble any other known organ of 

 sense. 



A bird certainly has the sense of feeling highly developed, 

 but it is quite helpless if deprived of its eyes, whereas ex- 

 periments show that all Bats which possess the organ of 

 the sixth sense do just as well without eyes as with them. 

 This sense is certainly quite distinct from that of seeing or 

 hearing ; therefore are we not justified in designating it as 

 "The Sixth Sense"? 



Measures have already been taken for securing Patents 

 in the leading countries of the world on the apparatus, 

 devices, and mode of operation shown in this pamphlet. 



HIRAM S. MAXIM. 



LONDON, June, 1912. 



