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within my notice, — I refer not to man clotliecl or 

 miclotlied, though Darwin says he was a monkey, — 

 there are two instances within my knowledge of the 

 difference between reason and instinct, and in these 

 two cases ^' instinct" Avas evident, and not '^reason." 



The late Mr. John Elmore, of whom I had 

 bought some of my best hunters, lived in a villa 

 in the vale of Harrow ; and his son, being very 

 fond of carpenter's work, to amuse himself, kept 

 an elaborate shop, and in the shop a monkey. 



One day he (Mr. Elmore) was called from his 

 amusement and his hammers and nails, and, expect- 

 ing very soon to return, he left the monkey master 

 of all he surveyed. On returning to enjoy his 

 work, he found that the monkey had carried out 

 his labour to the fullest possible extent ; for, getting 

 possession of the hammer and nails of all sizes, 

 he nailed everything on the long table and about 

 the room together, without reference to colour, sort, 

 size, or kind, and grinned his satisfaction when he 

 saw his kind master taken by surprise. 



Now this was an act of mere '^ instinct J^ He 

 had seen, according to Darwin, the tailless an- 

 cestor of his own kind nailing things together, and, 



not knowing what it was for. without '^ reason ^^^ 



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