INSTINCT. 307 



his sense of smelling, for example, being weaned 

 from natural aliments, are no longer able to discern, 

 in the forests of America, a wholesome fruit from the 

 poisonous manchineel, which has a sweet smell ; he 

 must take the savage as a guide, whose instinct is 

 less depraved by the arts of the kitchen, by which we 

 disguise all nature ; this savage would be again sur- 

 passed by the instinct of the ape." 



We have thus given an account of the chief opinions 

 which have been promulgated on the subject of in- 

 stinct, and, to avoid misrepresentation, in the very 

 words of the authors. The points of difference are 

 not very easy to be reconciled. 



