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little attachment to her young, less so than most 

 animals ; for it is stated that when a female with 

 her young one is captured, two or three days' absence 

 will make her entirely forget it — though the young 

 one itself recognizes her, and utters the most plain- 

 tive cries for the purpose of attracting her attention. 

 This fact, which appears to be well authenticated, 

 is pretty strong evidence against the sagacity, affec- 

 tion, and other half-reasoning qualities which 

 fiction has attributed to the Elephant." — Vol. II., 

 p., 402. The merest tyro in Phrenology could inform 

 the writer of this sapient passage, that Philopro- 

 genitiveness (the organ which gives a fondness for 

 young) may be very small, while Adhesiveness, 

 (affection in general) Causality, and in short all the 

 other organs may be very strong. A very slender 

 acquaintance with Biography will suffice to recal 

 numerous instances of the kind. 



Partington does not appear to have Order " largely 

 developed," for the arrangement of the matter is not 

 near so satisfactory as might be wished. Thus he 

 sometimes heads an article by the Latin generic 

 name, as Emberiza, Gulo, Grits, $c, at other times 

 under the English name, as Beaver, Gull, Grebe, 

 Bee-eater, &c. At other times again, an account of 

 the genera is given under the family name, as Frin- 

 gillidcB, Falcon ides, fyc. How much better to 

 have given the characters of the family under the 

 family name, those of the genus under the generic 

 name, and then refer to the species under their 



