CHAPTER XXI 



CREATURES ATTRACTED BY UNUSUAL APPEARANCES 



Now to examine some further examples of the 

 way in which creatures are attracted by un- 

 natural, unusual appearances. 



Let us imagine a herd of cattle peacefully 

 grazing in a meadow whilst the farmer is seen 

 making his way across the field. Unless the 

 man is bringing food, or it happens to be 

 milking time, he attracts no attention, the 

 beasts do not so much as look at him. But 

 should he elect to stop in the middle of the 

 field and then proceed to stand on his head, 

 maintaining that posture, the whole herd will 

 be round him in less than no time, and, more- 

 over, he runs considerable chance of being 

 butted by one or more of the animals, who are 

 supposed to know him well. In the mean- 

 time, the man in the road laughs at the 

 spectacle, and inwardly exclaims, " What a 

 fool old Jones is making of himself"; but he 

 feels no pressing inchnation to join in with the 

 assembled beasts, for the whole scene has been 

 enacted deliberately. To him, Jones is still 



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