320 FACT AGAINST FICTION, 



CHAPTER VIII. 



INSTINCT AND EEASON IN DOGSj BIRDS, FISH, ETC. 



Salmon and Salmon Ladders — Eels — Young Ducks at Heron Court 

 captured by a Pike — Power of Animals to find their way Home 

 — The Terrier Badger — The Manner in which a Wild Duck at 

 Alderney Manor secured her Nest from Inundation — Mr. El- 

 more's Monkey — ]\Ir. Liston's Monkey — Another Monkey and a 

 Baby. 



Man claims to be the only creature under the sun 

 possessed of '' reason" ; but to mark the exact spot 

 where instinct ends and reason commences, is very 

 difficult, for man, like the beast or bird, has his 

 instincts, and very strongly, too, they are deve- 

 loped ; and instinct and reason are so nearly allied, 

 that it needs a very fine touch to sever and to 

 mark their exact position. 



The fish — our choicest fish, the salmon — is a 

 creature of instinct. Instinct teaches this fish at 

 certain seasons to leave the sea and ascend tlie 

 rivers for the purpose of breeding, and not pos- 



