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CHAPTEE III 



INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE 



ON a subject so exhaustive as the above I have been General 

 obliged to alter my original plans and devote a special 

 chapter, although I have casually alluded to it in the 

 preceding one, which, however, was already quite long 

 enough. 



In approaching so deep a question as this I must 

 confess to a feeling of diffidence in giving expression 

 to my views, which are crude even to simplicity. But 

 in a period extending over twenty years it is scarcely 

 possible, and somewhat improbable, to go through life 

 without learning something about the ordinary domestic 

 animals that are more or less mixed up with the daily 

 routine of our existence all the more so when one 

 has been placed in almost every possible conceivable 

 position with certain of them ; it is more than likely 

 that you get to know a good deal as to their habits 

 and characteristics without even going out of your 

 way or putting yourself out to make a special study of 

 them. It is this which has emboldened me to put 

 on record my thoughts and feelings on so weighty a 

 matter, in the best language at my command, yet in 

 spite of this weakness I feel that some of my ex- 

 periences deserve a certain amount of attention and 

 consideration. In fact, anyone taking an ordinary 



