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was on the way to visit his sister, the bird manifested some 

 excitement and stopped singing. But as soon as the same 

 entered the door, the bird calmed down and commenced singing 

 again; this manifestation could repeatedly be observed. 



Now, it may be obvious that an understanding, solely by 

 thought transference, could not be acquired, because it seems 

 to be doubtful that these animals were really capable of reason- 

 ing intuitively from the objective thought forms of their 

 respective masters, that is, to perceive visually the forms of the 

 thoughts. But it seems more apparent, that where reasoning 

 intuitively and pathetically from the pathetical motive (inten- 

 tion) that is, reasoning from the effects of the tendency of 

 approaching sympathetical influence, combined with the pro- 

 jective influence of the will by their respective sympathetically 

 allied masters. 



I shall allude to another extraordinary case, where indi- 

 viduals of very extreme distinct species formed a very strong 

 affected alliance. Mr. Hartmut relates his experiment in the 

 "Intern. Thiermarkt" as follows: He obtained a couple of valu- 

 able Chinese ducks which he placed in a large and extended 

 yard, fenced in by a high stone wall and containing a very suitable 

 swimming pool. 



In this place he kept also a newly captured young fox, 

 chained to his hut. Several days after the arrival of the ducks, 

 Mr. Hartmut made the strange discovery that the ducks were 

 keeping themselves closely by the fox, which did not exhibit 

 any excitement nor made any attempt to assail the ducks. The 

 following day the ducks were found resting close by the hut, side 

 by side with the fox, all indulging the warm and animating rays 

 of the sun. Moreover, this alliance became gradually more in- 

 tensive and, finally, as the fox was released from his chains, they 

 all were frequently strolling around the place, and when the 

 ducks entered the pool, the fox ran around that pool anxiously 

 and full of fear that they might be harmed. And as then, further- 

 more, the ducks had produced some offsprings, the fox also de- 

 voted his undivided care to them and endeavored to accommo- 

 date them in every possible manner. 



Another case of alliance, analogous to this, was exhibited by 

 Mr. Bostock in his menagerie at Coney Island some time ago. 



