28 TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



stinct in the animal world are innumerable. Even a 

 brief treatment of them would require a volume of 

 space. The trainer, after reading it all, would know 

 nothing definite concerning them save that they ex- 

 isted and seemed to be independent of all experience 

 in their exercise. 



Those who care to further investigate this subject 

 will find much of interest in respect to it in "The De- 

 scent of Man," by Darwin; "Animal Intelligence," 

 by Romanes; "The Senses and the Intellect," by 

 Bain; "Animal Life and Intelligence," by Morgan; 

 "The Principles of Psychology," by James, and in 

 works of Spencer, Wundt, Buchner, Wasman, 

 Hume, Wesley Mills and in those of a host of other 

 writers, German, French and English, all of whom 

 most interestingly present much to instruct and much 

 more to confuse the reader. 



When, however, an animal consciously performs 

 an act as a means to an end, all the recognized au- 

 thorities agree that the act then comes within the do- 

 main of reason; dogs consciously plan and execute 

 their plans at a very early age, profit by experience 

 and display a discriminating use of their acquired 

 knowledge. 



