BULLETS AND THEIR BILLETS 



the North Shore, cut across the deep 

 bays when the weather is calm. They 

 may be, and often are, enveloped in fog 

 at a distance from land ; and in a wind- 

 less fog it is practically impossible to 

 hold a true course without a compass. 

 Now observe the situation : they are fac- 

 ing down the river, and the right arm, 

 which is undeniably stronger than the 

 left, might be expected to pull the boat 

 round towards the land. This is not 

 what happens; the boat describes the 

 right to left circle of the man who is lost 

 ashore, and sometimes the circle is large 

 enough to carry it to the land miles be- 

 low the original starting point. Per- 

 haps then it is not the muscles, but the 

 brain that is responsible Does the 

 master-lobe impel to the left, when 

 means of holding direction are lacking ? 

 What mental principle is involved, and 

 what is the law of its operation ? 



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