the particular sound which one day 
may accompany and express fright 
or anger may be laid aside for another 
more suitable to new conditions, much 
as a man uses different sounds in ask- 
ing for butter at a French restaurant 
and in a German inn. And while it is 
probably not true that speech was 
given for the purposes of communicat- 
ing with others, it has occurred in na- 
ture that speech has become the prin- 
cipal means of transmitting ideas. 
An old Goose had her nest in the 
kitchen of a farmer. She had been 
endeavoring for a fortnight to hatch 
some eggs, but was taken ill rather 
suddenly and found she could not fin- 
ish the task. With evident agony she 
repaired to an outhouse where was a 
Goose of but one year's growth. In 
some way she told the young sister 
that her valuable mission was about to 
be interrupted ere its fulfillment and 
implored her to become her successor. 
So complete was the communication 
between them that the young one en- 
tered the kitchen and took her place 
with evident maternal pride, remaining 
there till the eggs were hatched and 
afterwards caring assiduously for the 
welfare of the Goslings. The old 
Goose expired contentedly before in- 
cubation was complete. 
A gentleman who visited London oc- 
casionally was usually accompanied by 
a small Dog. Nearing the city, he put 
up at an inn and left the Terrier there to 
await his return. Once, as he came 
back from London, the Dog was not 
there. He had had a fight with a large 
Housedog and been so badly wounded 
that it was thought he would not re- 
cover. But after lying quietly for a 
couple of days he disappeared. About 
a week later he returned with a larger 
animal, sought his adversary, and by 
union of efforts gave him a terrible 
punishment. It was found that his 
coadjutor was a neighbor, and that the 
wounded animal must have traveled 
long to visit his friend, had been able 
to tell him of his sorrows, awaken his 
sympathies, and keep him enlisted in 
his cause all the while they were on 
their way to seek their enemy, and was 
no doubt able to congratulate his part- 
ner many times during the homeward 
journey on the success of their valor- 
ous enterprise. 
Professor Morgan says : " I find that 
the sounds emitted by young Chicks 
are decidedly instinctive — that is to 
say, they are inherited modes of giving 
expression to certain emotional states. 
And some of them are fairly differen- 
tiated. At least six may be distin- 
guished: First, the gentle, pipingsound 
expressive of contentment — for exam- 
ple, when one takes the little bird in 
one's hand. A further low note, a sort 
of double sound, seems to be associated 
with extreme pleasure, as when one 
strokes the Chick's back. Very char- 
acteristic and distinct is the danger 
note. This is heard on the second or 
third day. If a large Humble-bee, or 
a black Beetle, or a big lump of sugar, 
or in fact anything largish and strange, 
be thrown to them this danger note is 
at once heard. Then there is the pip- 
ing sound, expressive apparently of 
wanting something. It generally ceases 
when one goes near them and throws 
some grain, or even only stands near 
them. My Chicks were accustomed to 
my presence in the room, and gener- 
ally were restless, and continuously 
made this sound when I left them. 
Then there is the sharp squeak when 
one seizes a Chick against its inclina- 
tion. Lastly there is the shrill cry of 
distress, when, for example, one of 
them is separated from the rest. I 
have very little doubt that all of these 
sounds have a suggestive value of emo- 
tional import for the other Chicks. 
Certainly the danger-note at once 
places others on the alert, and the 
pleasure-note will cause others to come 
to the spot where the little bird is when 
the note is sounded." 
A good story is told by H. B. Medli- 
cott to show what ideas wild pigs can 
express in sounds. "In the early dawn 
of a gray morning I was geologizing 
along the base of the Muhair hills in 
South Behar, when all of a sudden 
there was a stampede of many Pigs 
from the fringe of a jungle, with por- 
cine shrieks of sauve-qui-peut signifi- 
cance. After a short run in the open 
they took to the jungle again, and in a 
few minutes there was another uproar, 
but different in sound and in action; 
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