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3. The detection of human crime such as theft, rob- 

 bery, and murder. 



4. Life-saving in shipwreck and otherwise. 



5. Man's sports the race and chase especially, but even 

 cricket and other games. 



6. Human wars as in the case of military elephants, 

 horses, oxen, and dogs. 



7. Man's judicial or other forms of punishment of fellow- 

 man. 



Successful co-operation with man implies 



1. A knowledge of man's 



a. Object. 



6. Language ; and the 

 c. Means by which he is endeavouring to 

 effect an object. 



2. An appreciation of the nature of the occupations 



in which they are conjointly engaged in- 

 cluding, their criminality or illegality. 



3. A consciousness of the importance or value of 



their own share in the joint labour of the 

 part they are called upon to play including a 

 feeling ot pride or honour at being called upon 

 or permitted to give aid or service to man, a 

 sense of participancy in his pursuits, schemes, 

 intrigues, sports. 



4. An estimation of success and failure, with their 



personal bearings or results. 



5. A distinct conception of duty, with fidelity, in- 



telligence, perseverance in its discharge. 



The want of co-operation with each other, or with man, 

 at the proper time, and when circumstances call for it, is 

 productive of the same kind of results that occur in man 

 viz. confusion, panic, defeat, and loss of life or property. 

 This is specially observable when organised and unorganised 

 bodies come into collision the one, though small, putting 

 to rout the other, though large, in numbers. Thus the com- 

 pact charge of a few men on bison herds creates immediate 

 confusion, panic, and flight in the latter (Houzeau). 



Frustration or failure of the best intended and best con- 



