THE MIND-BLENDING ASPECT 103 

 Therefore, in these cases, if there is a genuine 

 leader amongst them, this undoubtedly is the 

 one. 



Now in the event of this bird being suddenly 

 cut off (shot), what happens? Simply that 

 after the disturbance is over, the " flight " 

 resumes its former configuration with another 

 bird at the head and so continues in the 

 original direction. If we believe that the 

 former bird had all the qualifications of a 

 leader — was, in fact, superior to the rest in 

 intelligence and bird tactics — ^it must be ad- 

 mitted that the next best has been put up by 

 general consent and presumably prior arrange- 

 ment. The only conclusion it is possible to 

 arrive at from this argument is that the birds 

 have reasoning minds of a high order, which 

 brings us back to the old standpoint. But, on 

 the other hand, let us regard the matter from 

 the mind-blending aspect. In this case, the 

 mind-units composing the " Alight " are all 

 equal ; what mentaUty they have is subcon- 

 scious and telepathically connected. The 

 result is automatic action of the " flight." 

 The units act and move as one bird, because 

 they are actuated by one mind. 



(According to my theory, mind-blending may 

 be explained in this way : Take a globe of 



