IV 



THE way of animal communication now grows 

 dimmer and dimmer, or some readers may 

 even think it "curiouser and curiouser," as Alice 

 of Wonderland said when she found herself length- 

 ening out like a telescope. But there is certainly 

 a trail of some kind ahead, and since we are apt to 

 lose it or to wander apart, let us agree, if we can, 

 upon some familiar fact or experience which may 

 serve as a guiding landmark. Our general course 

 will be as follows: first, to define our subject, or 

 rather, to make its meaning clear by illustration; 

 second, to examine the reasonableness of telepathy 

 from a natural or biological viewpoint ; and finally, 

 to go afield with eyes and minds open to see what 



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