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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Stories of Animal Sagacity, by W.H.G. KingstonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Stories of Animal SagacityAuthor: W.H.G. KingstonIllustrator: Harrison WeirRelease Date: October 17, 2007 [EBook #23067]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES OF ANIMAL SAGACITY ***Produced by Nick Hodson of London, EnglandWHG Kingston"Stories of Animal Sagacity"Chapter One.Cats.I have undertaken, my young friends, to give you a number of anecdotes, which will, I think, provethat animals possess not only instinct, which guides them in obtaining food, and enables them toenjoy their existence according to their several natures, but also that many of them are capable ofexercising a kind of reason, which comes into play under circumstances to which they are notnaturally exposed.Those animals more peculiarly fitted to be the companions of man, and to assist him in hisoccupations, appear to possess generally a larger amount of this power; at all events, we havebetter opportunities of noticing it, although, probably, it exists also in a certain degree among wildanimals.I will commence with some anecdotes of the sagacity shown by animals with which you are all wellacquainted—Cats and Dogs; and if you ...
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Stories of Animal Sagacity, by W.H.G. Kingston
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Stories of Animal Sagacity
Author: W.H.G. Kingston
Illustrator: Harrison Weir
Release Date: October 17, 2007 [EBook #23067]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STORIES OF ANIMAL SAGACITY ***
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
W
H
G Kingston
Chapter One. Cats. I have undertaken, my young friends, to give you a number of anecdotes, which will, I think, prove that animals possess not only instinct, which guides them in obtaining food, and enables them to enjoy their existence according to their several natures, but also that many of them are capable of exercising a kind of reason, which comes into play under circumstances to which they are not naturally exposed. Those animals more peculiarly fitted to be the companions of man, and to assist him in his occupations, appear to possess generally a larger amount of this power; at all events, we have better opportunities of noticing it, although, probably, it exists also in a certain degree among wild animals. I will commence with some anecdotes of the sagacity shown by animals with which you are all well acquainted—Cats and Dogs; and if you have been accustomed to watch the proceedings of your dumb companions you will be able to say, “W hy, that is just like what Tabby once did;” or, “Our Ponto acted nearly as cleverly as that the other day.”
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