CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I - - - - I 



Telepathy — Subconscious influences : humanity — 

 Subconscious mind rules exclusively in the Animal 

 World — Subconscious faculties inherited from primaeval 

 ancestors — Water-divining — Dog's power of " scenting." 



CHAPTER II 



Convictions from practical study of nature — What 

 we understand by nature — Nature compared to a 

 machine — Invisible links — Review of creatures in the 

 Animal World — Nature's schemes for self-protection — 

 Creatures devoid of self-consciousness— Infallibility of 

 subconscious mind where there is no question of 

 reasoning powers : Lepidoptera — Metamorphosis of 

 Cabbage-White— Epitome of life-history of White- 

 Admiral. 



CHAPTER III - 14 



Puss-moth — Cocoon of puss-moth — Section of cocoon 

 — Parthenogenesis — Cocoon of Emperor moth. 



CHAPTER IV 



Ichneumon-flies — Rhyssa persuasoria — Ichneumons, 

 parasitic on larvae of other insects — Sirex gigas — ^Tremu- 

 lous antennae : ichneumons — Ovipositor in action — 

 Sirex larva — ^ Antennae: specialized — ^Nature's intangible 

 connections — Life-principle: centre of subconsciousness. 



