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Show A Case of Animal Reason. ast autumn I watahed a young bull mooso for Bovoral hours feeding In Grassy Pond, near Katahdln. A motion In tho woods across tho pond caught my eye, and presently tho bull also noticed It. An animal appeared, vaguely at first, then more and more clearly, till I made out another moose; but whether male or feinalo It was Impossible even with the help of my field-glasses to say; and still the bull stood motionless, watching. Soon a llttlo moose, a calf, undoubtedly, appeared beside tho second, and Instantly the big bull started around tho pond to join them. Now, In the bull's head, as In my own, a certain process was going on as we watched. The flint motion was not that of the wind, but suggested life as tho cause of It; and In both our heads thoro wore some general ideas, however dim. of the motion and wind and llfo and causation. Still wo watched, for If the cause was a moose. Instead of a deer or caribou, the bull had somo personal Interest; In-terest; If It was a cow, ho wanted to Join her; If It waa a young bull llko himself, he wanted to fight; nnd If It was a snv-ago snv-ago old bull, he wanted to keep prudently prudent-ly to his own side of the pond, which was quite near enough for safety. Hero surely wero more general Ideas or conceptions con-ceptions (which have been denied to animals ani-mals by some of our psychologists) the conception of animal in general as distinct .from plant, tho conception of species, and the conceptions of sex and Individual. Then tho calf appeared, and though tho desire was too great to see whether or not tho Inrger animal hnd antlers, wo both formed a Judgment from l he fact that calves do not run with' bulls, but follow only tho mothers. My Judgment was predicted In the sentence, "This Is a cow moose." Tho bull's Judgment Judg-ment waa expressed by running around to Join his mate. w. J. Long, In Ilr.rper's. |