CHAPTEE XXIX. 



COURTSHIP AND MAESIAGE. 



THEEE is a striking resemblance between courtship and 

 marriage in the lower animals and in man; almost every 

 phenomenon in the latter has its exact counterpart in the 

 former. Mating or pairing in other animals, and the pre- 

 liminary operations including the peculiarities of what is 

 variously spoken of as the ' season of love/ or the breeding 

 season furnish illustrations of the most important kind of 

 certain of the mental and moral qualities of the lower ani- 

 mals. These features in their mental or moral character 

 include more especially 



1. Preference or choice in the selection of mates by the 

 nubile females. 



This, again, involves 



a,i Deliberation the consideration of the qualifica- 

 tions of candidates. 



&. Testing comparative qualifications by a sort of 

 competitive examination ; sometimes 



c. Decision ; or, on the other hand 



d. Indecision, vacillation, or hesitancy not know- 



ing her own mind in the female. 



e. Change of mind or fickleness. 

 /. Caprice or whimsicalness. 



g. The development of singular, perhaps unac- 

 countable, likes and dislikes. 

 h. Fastidiousness. 



2. The paying and accepting or refusal of addresses or 

 attentions by and from the male. 



3. The deliberate display to the greatest advantage 



