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nected with the brain and nervous system of 

 brute-animals ; and as man in some of his 

 actions is guided by instinct, so brutes in some 

 of their doings may be guided by reason. Ee- 

 member the analogy that exists, with diffe- 

 rences, comparing the nervous system in 

 different classes of animals ! May not such 

 a vast variety of structure, associated as we 

 know it to be with as great a variety of in- 

 stincts, be the corporeal cause of that variety? 

 AMICUS. If not asking too much, I should be 

 glad to hear you illustrate what you say by 

 examples, general propositions being so easily 

 made, and of so little value. But I will not 

 task you to enter into the anatomical and 

 physiological part of the subject : that had 

 better be reserved for a winter evening and 

 the fireside. 



PISCATOR. The subject, even limited as you 

 wish, is so large, that I hesitate on entering 

 upon it, for I am nowise prepared to do it 

 justice ; however, to give you some definite 

 idea of my meaning, I will mention a few 

 facts that have come under my notice, or that 

 I have heard of well authenticated, facts 

 displaying conduct on the part of brutes very 



