186 EFFECT OF MUSIC 
passion of the Pelican for Music, and to the 
interesting remarks which might even be 
made upon that subject, requested George to 
read, from a volume in the library, the re- 
marks of a Frenchman upon the taste of 
music discoverable in several species of ani- 
mals. They are far less favourable to the 
claims of the animal world to musical sensi- 
bility than is generally thought, and perhaps 
than is really true; but it may be worth 
while to hear what the present experimen- 
talist advances :— 
*¢ Doubting,” says he, ‘ the accuracy of 
those who say it is natural for us to love 
music, and especially that music which con- 
sists in the sounds of instruments, and that 
beasts themselves are touched with it, I en- 
deavoured, one day, when I was in fhe coun- 
try, to determine the point at issue; where- 
fore, while a man was playing on the French- 
horn, I made my observations on a Cat, a 
Dog, a Horse, an Ass, Cows, small Birds 
and a Cock and Hen, which were in a yard, 
under a window, upon the sill of which I was 
leaning. Of these, I could not perceive that 
the Cat was at ali affected; and I was even 
