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* children, fed by the women, and encouraged, or 

 6 chided by the voice of the master, adds to the 

 ' natural instinct of the Arabian horse.' 



6 By his breed, the animal is more intelligent and 

 ' tame than those of our climates. It is the case 

 ' with all the animals in Arabia. The climate, 

 ' or nature has given them more instinct and more 

 ' companionship with man than in Europe. 1 



The sense and faculties of animals, Dr. Hastings 

 said, would, he thought, soon open a new era in 

 philosophy. Man has been too long in the habit 

 of considering them as being only actuated by mere 

 instinct in all they do, whereas every day produced 

 new facts which serve to prove, that animals are 

 possessed with faculties which go beyond instinct, 

 and which approach very nearly to reason. He 

 confessed his inability to draw the line between the 

 two, so as to define where instinct ends, and reason 

 begins ; and said, that he was aware that his opinion 

 on^this subject would meet with opposition, and 

 perhaps with ridicule, from .those who had paid 

 but little attention to it. He endeavoured to esta- 

 blish his hypothesis by mentioning some facts which 

 had come under his own observation, and which he 

 considered as sufficient to prove that he had strong 

 grounds for forming it. 



He said, that he had a favourite cat, which on 

 several occasions had exhibited strong proofs of 

 more than common sense. Mrs. Hastings had also 



