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SECT. XVI. 



OF INSTINCT. 



HAUD EQU1DEM CREDO, QUIA SIT DIVINITUS ILLIS 

 INGENIUM, AUT RERUM FATO PRUDENTIA MAJOR* 



VIRG. GEORG. L. I. 415. 



I. Inftinclive aftions defined. Of connate pajfions. II. 

 Of the fenfations and motions of the fetus in the womb. 

 III. Some animals are more perfectly formed than 

 others before nativity. Of learning to walk. IV. Of 

 ihe fw allowing, breathing, fucking pecking, and 

 lapping of young animals. V. Of the fenfe of f me II, 

 and its ufes to animals. Why cats do not eat their kit- 

 tens. VI. Of the accuracy of fight in mankind, and 

 their fenfe of beauty. Of the fenfe of touch in ele- 

 phants, monkies, beavers, men. VII. Of natural 

 language. VIII. The origin of natural language; 

 i. the language of fear ; 2. of grief ; 3. of tender 

 pleafure ; 4. of ferene pleafure ; 5. of 'anger : 6. of 

 attention. IX. Artificial language of turkies^ hens 9 

 ducklings, wagtails, cuckoos, rabbits, dogs^ and night- 

 ingales. X. Of mufic \ . of tooth -edge ; of a good ear; 

 of architecture. XI. Of acquired knowledge ; of 

 foxes ) rooks i fieldfares, lapwings, dags, cats, horfes 9 

 crows 9 and pelicans. XII. Of birds of paffage, dor~ 

 mice, fnakes, bats, f wallows, quails* ringdoves, Jiare, 

 chaffinch, hoopoe, chatterer, hawfinch, crofsbtll, rails 



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