66 PERVERSIONS OF THE NATURAL AFFECTIONS. 



ships. The rupture of attachments, again, is frequently not 

 felt, especially by the young. 



Other forms of perversion of fraternal affection are to be 

 found in 



1. Ferocity to each other for instance, of dogs to 

 strangers of their own species in the East. 



2. Cruelty including all forms of persecution. 



3. Cannibalism as in the case of dogs in the East, kill- 

 ing and eating disabled companions (Cobbe and Low). 



4. Desertion, forsaking, of these wounded fellows some- 

 times occurs, instead of cannibalism, the latter being 

 determined probably by feelings painful, or comfortable 

 of hunger or satiety. 



Further and fuller illustrations of the more serious per- 

 versions of the natural instincts, affections, or passions, are 

 to be found in the chapters on (1) ( Suicide and Murder,' (2) 

 e The Forms of Insanity,' (3) ' Mental Defect and Derange- 

 ment,' and (4) ' Foster Parentage.' 



