390 SELF-SUBMISSION OF ANIMALS TO 



mentioned here. Even a bee in a state of insensibility from 

 partial drowning has been recovered by its fellows and re- 

 suscitated, and the same has been noted among ants (Figuier). 



An old disabled torn cat made a bargain with a young 

 active one to catch mice for him, the young assistant being 

 paid or repaid with bones, and cats' meat, the compact being 

 honourably carried out on the part of both (Wynter). 



A sheep, whose lamb was entangled in a briar hedge, went 

 to a flock for a ram, who returned with her, and by means of 

 his horns freed the captive. Another sheep got a cow to 

 raise a fellow sheep that had so fallen on its back as to be 

 unable to get up without help : the cow's horns at once did 

 what was necessary (Macaulay). A well-bred shepherd's dog 

 gently assists a fallen sheep ; while he is recognised by the 

 flock he tends as a friend and protector, to whom therefore 

 its members willingly submit themselves in emergency 

 (Trimmer). Here, as in so many other cases, individual 

 superiority, mental or physical, or the two conjoined, is prac- 

 tically and readily recognised. 



It is common for small dogs to seek the aid of large ones 

 for the punishment of their foes, and instances are on record 

 of both seeker and sought-for having gone long journeys 

 for this purpose of executing vengeance. 



An old lioness, well known in the Zoological Gardens, 

 Dublin, which died there in 1876, being prostrated with 

 chronic bronchitis, and too feeble to help herself, was much 

 annoyed by rats nibbling at her toes. To destroy the rats 

 the authorities of the gardens most judiciously made the 

 experiment of introducing into the lioness's cage a good 

 ratting terrier. The dog was received, and naturally, with an 

 angry growl ; but as soon as the lioness saw how her com- 

 panion treated his first rat, 4 she began to understand what the 

 terrier was for,' to what important service he was applying 

 himself, and immediately her behaviour towards him was 

 changed. She now c coaxed him to her side, folded her paws 

 round him, and each night the little terrier slept at the 

 breast of the lioness, enfolded with her paws, and watch- 

 ing that his natural enemies did not disturb the rest of his 

 mistress.' 



