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CHAPTER XXIII - - - 1 66 



Salmon aestivating : personal experience — Futility of 

 casting over salnaon when in state of aestivation — Rise in 

 the water awakens the fish— The kelt — Real baits used 

 by the angler — The worm as bait for salmon — The 

 prawn — Spiiming baits — ^Live bait for salmon — Mind- 

 blending : fish — Psychological aspect. 



CHAPTER XXIV - - - 176 



Hive-bees : an exception — Swarming of bees — The 

 queen bee — Quotation (Myers) — Bee Scouts — Bees 

 " sense " a cavity — Humble-bees : a practical test. 



CHAPTER XXV 187 



Telaesthesia — Migration of birds — ^Willow- Warbler — 

 Telaesthesia : manifested in man — Telaesthesia enables 

 birds to find their way — Man and the magnetic compass — 

 Nature : a vast machine — Circle : emblem of eternity — 

 Nature works on cyclic system — Migrations at night — 

 Birds attracted by lighthouse — Functioning of bird's 

 subconscious mind. 



CHAPTER XXVI 195 



Migrations — Swallows — Birds travelling at night — 

 Psychological moment of departure — Wind, factor in 

 controlling migrations — ^EfEect of cold and starvation on 

 birds — Birds travel without thought of losing the way — 

 Sand-Grouse. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Mr. Hutchinson's account in Cornhill (the Globe), re 

 distribution of birds in connection with the war — Note, 

 and excerpt from account written by officer at the front 

 (The Times, March, 1916). 



