Where Silence Is Eloquent 



his vanished mate when she failed to answer his 

 calling. 



All that seems clear enough, and in perfect ac- 

 cord with quail habits; but when you ask, "How 

 did he find her?" there is no answer except the 

 meaningless word "chance" or a frank admission 

 of our original premise : that wild birds and beasts 

 all exercise a measure of that mysterious telepathic 

 power which reappears now and then in some sen- 

 sitive man or woman. It may be for the wood folk 

 that "There is no speech nor language: their voice 

 is not heard," as the Psalmist wrote of the com- 

 muning day and night; but they certainly com- 

 municate in some way, and the longer one studies 

 them the more does it appear that part of their 

 "talk" is of a finer character than that which our 

 ears can hear. 



