Show INSTINCT IN ANIMALS the flie influence which urges ages birds to chas change home W with ith tha semons seasons to tho the philosophers instinct t was a far more r thin than it appears ap pp a P now they all allme actions of the ipser antra ala were performed ir through instinct and explained that they possessed this faculty in lieu lien of intelligence which was the peculiar attribute of man this was however soon exploded by the demmis demonstration tra tiOu of t the he possession of intelligence among animals and of instinct by man an indeed the later philosophers philosophy have bave come to believe that abai almost all 0 the a actions C tio 13 8 of man are influenced if not controlled by instinct alone the tendency to migration of certain species of animals is plainly referable to this hereditary influence originally no doubt migration occurred because food was more easily found in ono one locality than in another the hereditary memory so BO to speak pointed out the tha place where more food was to be obtained with less exer exertion tion bradu gradually 11 T other surroundings suggested themselves as agreeable to the embryo mind and and these repeated through many generations era erat ions created that unthinking tendency toward a particular place or cli mate regardless of its original fatness almost all our ide ideas as are gained frow from association and it is fair to imagine that the constant and repeated association of a particular locality with a pleasurable sensation the satiation of hunger for example would soon sensation sention sa tion with the place then would be evolved the i sentiment entime nt of home a sen sentiment ti which we feel only more keenly than the lower animals because it is associated socia ted not only with the place where re there is something to eat but because of other pleasurable sensations associated with it as they are as constantly found in the same locality it is a mistake to regard the migratory instincts of animals as unerring every woodsman has observed how a particular species of bird will apparently desert a certain locality for another for one or more seasons occasionally this may result r sult from choice but it seems altogether more probable that it is ia from some mistake en cu the part of the birds themselves their generally accurate course coarse has been deflected by eoma circumstance cum stance and they have an made ade their homes elsewhere in the case of stragglers this is particularly marked they rarely succeed in rejoining the main body to which they originally belonged andara forced to ba e content one with whatever suitable place may be found III animals and birds are almost always gregarious that I 1 ia they live and especially they travel in compact flocks or herds they do this for one ona reason only that the thO wisdom of a number is greater than that of any one any error in the route wo would ul be detected by on one e or another and thence communicated to tho whole flock on once in fil a wh while they are all mistaken en and then some incoming steamer serves as a 3 point of rest for the tired little wings 0 or r some me hitherto unknown country becomes the new home of theli ahe homo onto ee oe ekers but there is much uch that is ia very wonderful and awe inspiring in tho the I 1 instinct ns that guides them if indeed it is merely y the reflex of the memory of long de parte parted a ancestors if the thoughts though ti as aa well as the sins of the father descend descel id to temo remote to generations generation so what tendencies a and d inclinations are ara we wa transmitting to our chil children cb ildren dror which may in later generations deve develop lop to good or evil are WO w steering a straight course like tho the old gray goow baltimore SUB |