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ciation, from its earliest years, with a cat ; it learns, for 

 instance, to respect the cleanliness of the house, and is itself 

 cleanly. 



Equally in other animals as in man, education developes 

 or determines new tastes, feelings, passions, ideas, aptitudes, 

 habits. 



It is important to bear in mind that the children of cer- 

 tain savage races of man receive no direct instruction from. 

 their parents or elders. Imitation, necessity, experience, 

 practice, lead to a more or less rapid acquisition in them, as 

 in so many other animals, at once of physical and mental 

 dexterity. 



It is well to bear in mind also that animals possess both 

 natural and artificial arts or aptitudes. Thus in our pet 

 song-birds singing is an artificial art, developed by man by 

 culture, while dancing in certain birds is a natural and 

 spontaneous effort (Houzeau). Equitation in the ape is also 

 an artificial art, but it is usually or frequently self-acquired, 

 not taught by man (Houzeau). So that ' artificial ' is not 

 necessarily synonymous with ' taught by man.' 



