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the back of the head, the pouch near the prepuce is filled 

 with musky matter, or discharges take place at the nose ; 

 secretions which perhaps carry off the superabundance of a 

 fluid, which, under other combinations, is productive of the 

 osseous increase of the horns in some, or of their regene- 

 ration in others: when these symptoms, singly or collectively, 

 have appeared in the males, they become more restless and 

 bolder than before, they use their voice, and are pugna- 

 cious. With the females gestation is so arranged by the 

 unerring law of nature, that parturition does not come on 

 until renovated verdure supplies ample means of subsist- 

 ence, and of concealment of their offspring ; then in their 

 turn, they become bold, daring and sagacious, until their 

 young are able in a great measure to shift for themselves. 



Of the instinctive faculties and intelligence of ruminating 

 animals, we shall speak under the heads of their respective 

 genera, excepting inasmuch as their faculties are operative 

 collectively, and between one genus and another. Although 

 we know but little of these qualities in animals, the most 

 obvious species of which are degenerated in this particular, 

 by the interventional care of man ; yet we may infer, that 

 even those degraded creatures, unused as they are to exer- 

 cise their instinct 9 have the means of communicating not 

 only the wants of one individual of a species to another, 

 but also of one genus to another. The following fact, which 

 happened before our eyes, may serve as a proof of this 

 opinion :— - ■ 



During an afternoon walk with a friend on a hill 

 near Coventry, we observed several sheep standing with 

 steadfast looks round the head of a cow which was graz- 

 ing : their fixed attitude attracted our attention, and as we 

 came up, the Cow suddenly raised her head, and the Sheep 

 opened before her, as we imagined, to go out of our way ; 

 she did not, however, proceed more than a dozen yards, 

 before she reached a gravid Ewe, which, hitherto unnoticed 



