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PROF. THOMSON ON CATS' NINE LIVES.
PROBLEM IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
WHY A CAT ALWAYS FALLS ON ITS FEET.
TORTOISE-SHELL CATS ARE DEAF!
Mea may be divided into two | stone-deaf, ordinary cats and wild groups, according as they rank the eats are able to hear well. They can distinguish to s.nicety between cat or the dog as the more intel- different sounds; they build up as ligent Raimal. This has nothing|sociations on a basis of discriminat- to do with which of the two one rd noises on words; but what they
recognize are differences in intens likes best, for that is a question ity. not in tone or pitek. These of taste; whereas the relative in; delightful people who assure us telligence of the two types is a
that their particularly intelligent puss "understands every word problem in comparative psychology, they say " are the salt of the earth; writes Prof. J. Arthur Thomson in but they should give up compara. the Glusque Herald.
tive psychology.
Seeing in the Dark,
He continues:-A good deal way be said on both sides, but those of
The cat's fifth life is in its power the philofeline persuasion often da of seeing in the dark, Strictly their cause harm by citing as in- speaking, of course, we cannot say that any animal sees in the dark, stances of intelligence. what are
but the cat, comes near it. That really examples of sensory equip is to say, it is able to utilise the ment or of bodily fitness. A catacanty light of dusk and dawn, for almost all members of the cat tribe can see in the dark better than a
are nocturnal hunters. The power dog can; but it does not follow that of seeing in the dark depends in a cat has the better brains.
part on the way in which the mus cular iris can contract or expand in glare or shade respectively.
Sense of Balance.
A cat can climb a tree, which is not one of the dog's accomplish ment; but it does not follow that a cat is more intelligent than a dog. It might indeed be advanced by the philocanines as an evidence of the dog's superior intelligence, that it is never up a tree. Be this as it
may, we cannot believe that all the nine lives a cat has afford equally Convincing demonstration of its wits..
The first of the cat's nine lives is that it always falls on its feet. This is an adaptation that has ariaen in connection with, we do not say as the result of, tha an- cestral habit of climbing trees. In the course of ages those cats that did not fall on their feet have been
eliminated.
It must be understood, of course. that the cat's way of falling on its feet is but a special case of the balancing or fighting power which is particulary associated in backboned animals with the semi- circular canals of the ear. It was, indeed, the primary function of the ear before it became an auditory or KAD Hearing is accondary luxury superadded to the primary necessity of balancing
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The Normal Tumble,
If you lift a friendly puss by its forelimbs and by its hind-limbs, hold it back downwards a yard or so above a quilt, and then let go, the cat will fall on its feet, just as it does when it slips off the top of a' wall. If it doesn't, then you have come to possess an over domesticated cat that has lost one of its lives!
Every stage to the cat's normal tumble has been photographed and carefully studied, and it has been prayed that by an unvarying suc: cession of reflex movements the fal ling cat rights itself so that it lands on its springy feet.
The cat's second life is in its whiskers," that is to say in the exquisite tactility of the richly in- nervated long hairs or vibrissæ which project from its cheeks. These specialized hairs are common in mammals, the finest being found on the upper lips of some whales, which may be otherwise hairless; but they are highly developed in the cat tribe, and are very useful when the animal touches something in the dark. The third life is in the sense of smell, and the fourth (for we must make hendway) is in the sense of hearing.
For although it is usual, we think, for a tortoiseshell 'tom-eat to be
NAVAL & MILITARY NOTES.
The arrangeraents for relieving units on the Indian establishment during the coming winter have been completed, and include the following:-
The 1st Battalion The Worces tershire Regiment will leave Bom- bay on October 22 for China. -
The 1st Battalion. The Norfolk Regiment will leave China in November for India, arriving at Bombay on December 3
As everyone knows, the cat's pu the tens is seen) may be like a pin's pil (the aperture through which
head in bright illumination, or a large dark circle, as if Puss had been using belladonna, when there is deep shade. The full expansion of the cat's pupil enables the eye to make the most of the dim light, and this gives an extra life when
prowling about in the darkness.
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Behind the ent's retian, or image forming layer."there is a singularly beautiful mirroring surface tapetum, and it seems likely that this by reflecting the scant rays, helps the cat to see in the dark." It is the reflection from the tape- tum that we see when the cat's eyes
shine in the dark" in an almost dark rooni.
No eyes" in the ordinary sense are able to produce any light, and the eyes that shina in the dark are simply reflecting what scanty light there is. Even a cut can't shine in a photographer's dark room.
Colour-Blind.
Speaking of eyes, we must admit that all cata sre colour-blind. They live in a grey world, monoto nous as regards colour. You may feel. sure, that, your cat knows at once when you put on your beau- tiful red dress, but it is necessary colour and brilliance or intensity of to distinguish between colour as
reflection from a shiny surface.
A dozen careful experiinents bave shown that ents are not only stone deaf, but colour-blind; and both defects, if they are defects, may be associated with the custom of hunting at night. We must not think too much of our domestic cat, which is probably a derivative of an Egyptian wild species, and apt to be sophisticated in many ways. The cat's sixth life is in its tion from a distance, capacity for homing or for orienta- This is of importance in natural conditions in the foress or other wild haunts, for it would never do not to be able to return quickly to the den, especially when there are young ones to be fed.
Such are seven of the cat's pine lives; and as none of them implies intelligence, they must not be cited as evidence in the question where cats dogs are the cleverer. More important, however, is the fact that the cas must have many more than aine fives. For we have not spoken of the maternal devotion, the education of the kittens, the ready- made instinctive impulses, much as chasing a moving object, the self-assured independence and abil ity to walk alone in all circumst auces, the highly evolved body, from teeth to claws, and the first- class intelligence as the crown of all.
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Successful experiments in curing paralysis by a simple and painless operation have been carried out în a famous London hospital.
The treatment is the discovery of Dr. Ferdinand Asuero, a
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Sensitive Spot.
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A group of foreign industrial, treatment was held in a blow lamp chiefa witnessed recently in flame, and the inventor, displaying strong room below a Liverpool it to the onlookers, brushed the business man's office secret teets uap of the slightly charred surface of a number of fabrics treated by to reveal pattern and strength as Lieut. Col E Hewlett, C.M.G., recently discovered. Greproof pro- before.
Mr. Hood demonstrated the heat- D.S.Q., O.B.E., who was recently
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"My operation is simple," be Street has been promoted to sub Merseyside chemist, Mr. John S. fabric by placing his hand under it stantive lieutenant-colonel.
said to a Press representative. "I Barn Hood, the twenty-four-year-old son while phosphorus was burning on in 1860, Maj. Street received his of Liverpool police, inspector.top. fient proofing is of vital im insert the instrument in the nose and adjust it until my discovery commission in 1900, and was ape has evolved a chemical process portance in tropical countries in pointed to the Indian Army. He whereby practically every material building construction and wearing of a sensitive spot causes the pati- took
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part in the operations in in a home canvas, cotton, wood, apparel.
Foreign chemists attached to I then apply momentary pres once fireproof, waterproof, acid- various Governments,**, said Mr.įsure. In some rebellious cases I tier from 1901 to 1909, and in the
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to obtain any the Devonshire Regiment two years with these qualities have offered have been unable later, he received his majority in large sums to secure the rights of effect. The result has been almost treatments cured rheumatism, and, 1915. Maj. Street served on the the discovery. It is claimed that unbelievable offers from their Gor. providing that there were no ar- Staff in France and Belgium from the cost of fireproofing canvas, cot- eraments. I am to give teste short ganic complications, almost imme- 1914 to 1919, his appointments in ton, and other fabrics is almostly in London and Liverpool for diate care of paralysis followed. The 2nd Battalion The K.O.8.B., cluding those of staff captain, 13th negligible.
British financiers, and War Office The operations in London were for Poons, will arrive at Bombay Infantry Brigade, D.A.Q.M.G. th There has been great internation- officials will be invited "
carried out under the supervision on March 11 from China.
Division, A.Q.M.G., 18th and 8th a competition to occure the soczet Mr. Hood showed letters from of a foreign 'doctor resident in Eng. The 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Army Corps A.A, and Q.M.G., 4th since the announcement was made manufacturers in all parts of England. Further tests will be made Regiment will leave China for Ply Division; A.AG., (General Head that American financiers had made and offering large sums to use the before any official announcement is mouth in February;
process on licence. One carpet firm issued. One battalion will leave India quarters, in France. He was four an offer.
The tests in the strong room who supply. theatres and cinemas Dr. Asuero is training 200 medi., "times mentioned in despatchen, was for home and one for the Sudan, awarded the D.8.0., and received showed that the inventor's treated on a large scale was among them. cal men, treating hundreds of pati and China sends one battalion to his brevet rank in January, 1918. airplane fabric remained unaffected Lancashire cotton mill owners, too, ents daily with sensational results, India additional to the above From April to December, 1919, he by burning petrol in which it was have approached the inventor, since and continuing his research at his
was A.A.G. at the War Office, and drenched. Phosphorus was equirt. he has proved that the process can clinic at Ban Sebastian! from January, 1920, to July, 1921, ed on the fabric, and, after burn be applied to cotton looms so that The War Office announces that he was D.A.M.8. The London jug for some minutes, left it un- the thread can be reproofed for
all time. Maj. and Brevet. Lieut. Col. H. Gazette niso innounced that Lieut. changed.
Motor-ear Street, D.8.0., has been selected Col. Hewlett has been promoted for command of the 2nd Battalion colonel, with seniority January 1, the Devonshire Regiment, vice 1092
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He has not placed his treatment before any medical board, and he states that until he bas established the exact ailments for which it is a cure he will continue his experi ments.