CHAPTER VI. 
Tameness of Animals on Sundays—Anecdotes as to Horses— 
Spaniel —Pomeranian Dog—WNote of Peewit —Grass 
scarified by Rooks—Bareness at base of Rook’s bill— 
Infants— Young Asses— Young Elephants— Lofty fight 
of Moorhens at night—Land-rail— Quail— W oodcock— 
carries young from place to place—Snipe—Squirrels— 
Nuts and Nutshells on Down—Star on Hare's forehead— 
Sparrows congregating in hard weather. 
HE tameness of animals on Sundays, in coun- 
tries where the day is strictly observed, as 
contrasted with their comparative wildness on 
other days, is, I think, so remarkable as scarcely 
to admit of a doubt. As it can scarcely be 
imagined that their instinct can lead them to 
mark the regular recurrence of the day, and their 
immunity during it from pursuit and danger, it 
must probably be accounted for by the fact that, 
labour being suspended, a general stillness per- 
vades the country, insensibly conveying to their 
minds a sense of security. Domestic animals, 
however—and those particularly which are most 
