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for they could not at all understand the two birds flying about 

 among them in this way."* According to the Comte de 

 Canteleu, Stags nearly always make for the abodes of men when 

 they are sinking, t 



On the other hand, "the Cattle-Heron (Ardea russata), in 

 Egypt, when fleeing before the sportsman, shelters itself under 

 the Oxen and Buffaloes, because it knows that it is there 

 protected from his gun." J Bonitos and Albicores may be often 

 observed to congregate about the stern of a ship to escape the 

 attacks of Sword-fish. § 



Audubon relates that in the Missouri region of North 

 America, while a number of Indian chiefs were conferring with, 

 and angrily talking to, Mr. Chardon, " he sitting with his 

 arms on a table between them, a Dove, being pursued by a 

 Hawk, flew in through the open door, and sat panting and worn 

 out on Mr. Chardon's arm for more than a minute, when it flew 

 off." | Baldwin saw a broken-winged Golden-Goose chased by 

 three Crocodiles. Eventually the bird took to the bank, and the 

 poor thing " allowed me to catch him on land sooner than face 

 his enemies in the water again." U 



To fully understand mimicry we must appreciate general 

 animal intelligence, and then we shall probably comprehend how 

 much activity has been displayed by animals seeking protection 



* * Badminton Mag.' vol. ii. p. 582. 



f Cf. Viscount Ebrington, in ' Ked Deer ' (Fur and Feath. Ser.), p. 245. 



I Cf. Eimer, ' Organic Evolution,' Engl, transl., p. 237. 



§ Bennett, ' Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australia, ' p. 23. 



|| • Audubon and His Journals,' vol. ii. p. 44. — A delightful legend is 

 related by Kenan on this subject: — "One of the early Buddhas who pre- 

 ceded Sakya-Mouni obtained the nirvana in a singular way. He saw one 

 day a Falcon chasing a little bird. ' I beseech thee,' he said to the bird 

 of prey, ' leave this little creature in peace : I will give thee its weight from 

 my own flesh.' A small pair of scales descended from the heavens, and the 

 transaction was carried out. The little bird settled upon one side of the 

 scales, and the saint placed in the other platter a good slice of his flesh, but 

 the beam did not move. Bit by bit the whole of his body went into the 

 scales, but still the scales were motionless. Just as the last shred of the 

 holy man's body touched the scale the beam fell, the little bird flew away, 

 and the saint entered into nirvana " ( ' Recollections of my Youth,' Engl, 

 transl., p. 116). 



IF ' African Hunting and Adventures,' 3rd edit. p. 15. 



