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[71v]
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greater degree, thant1
‹wd at
first be anticipated› «is generally supposed»; for instance in the
singing of birds & in the knowledge of proper herbs in the
Ruminants. «(A)»
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[71r]
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(A)
It seems pretty clear that Bees transmit knowledge from generation
to generation.t2
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continued
Lordt3 Brougham insists strongly,
on ignorance of the end proposed being eminently characteristic of
true instincts: ‹this› «But this» appears to me to apply to
‹pointing›
«many acquired heredetary habits»;
«for instance» in the case of the
young pointer,t4 alluded to before, which
pointed ‹perfectly›
«so steadfastly» the first day, that
we were obliged several times to carry him away — not only pointed
at sheep, at large white stones, & at every little bird, but
likewise "backed" the other pointers: this young dog must
havet5 as ‹ignor› unconscious for what end he was pointing
«namely to facilitate his master killing
game to eat», as is at6
butterfly who lays her eggs on a cabbage ‸t7
that caterpillars wd come from them & eat the
leaves. So a horse that ambles instinctivly, manifestly is ignorant
that he ‹goes
well› «inherits» thatt8
peculiar pace for the easet9
of man; «‹[letter
illegible]›»
«(B)»
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(B)
& if man had never existed, he would never have ambled. The
young pointer, pointing at white-stones appears to be as much a
mistake of its acquired instinct, as in the case of flesh-flies
laying their eggs on certain flowers instead of putrefying
meat.
DAR 7: [71v]
continued
However true the ignorance of the end may generally be, one sees
that instincts are associated with some degree of reason;— for
instance in the case of the Taylor-birdt10, ‹which› «who» spins threads witht11 which to make ‹its› «his» nest,
will use artificial threads when ‹it› «he» can procure them; so it is ‹well recorded› «has been
known» that ‹an› a ‹old› pointer ‹will has gone round› «has» broken
his point & gone round a hedge to drive out a bird towards his
master.t12
‹[28]› There is one other ‹method›t13 quite distinctive method by which the
‹acquired› instincts
«or habits» acquired undert14
Physical
Characteristics: watermark: TN; folded; size W=20 H=32
(cm)
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