. The book of a naturalist [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Natural history; Animal behavior; Animaux. BATS 85 or flittermouse, that flits from his evil-smelling cranny, in appearance a misshapen insect of un- usual size, to pursue his crooked, broken-boned, squeaky flight in the obscurity of evening. Imagine the effect of this modem rearrange- ment of the mammals on the mammals if they knew 1 * The white bull of Chillingham would shake his frowning front und the stag his branching antlers in scorn; the wolf, in spite of being extinct, would howl; the British seal bark; the wild cat snarl, an
. The book of a naturalist [microform]. Sciences naturelles; Natural history; Animal behavior; Animaux. BATS 85 or flittermouse, that flits from his evil-smelling cranny, in appearance a misshapen insect of un- usual size, to pursue his crooked, broken-boned, squeaky flight in the obscurity of evening. Imagine the effect of this modem rearrange- ment of the mammals on the mammals if they knew 1 * The white bull of Chillingham would shake his frowning front und the stag his branching antlers in scorn; the wolf, in spite of being extinct, would howl; the British seal bark; the wild cat snarl, and the badger make free use of his most underground expressions of rage at such an insult; rabbit and hare would exchange looks of astonish- ment and apprehension; the hedgehog would roll himself into a ball with disgust; the mole sink back into his run ; the fox smile sardonically ; and the whole concourse, turning their backs on the contemptible leader thrust on them, would march off in the opposite direction. Now the imaginary case of these beasts offended in their dignity fairly represents that of humanity angry at the intolerable insult implied in the Darwinian notion. But we have now so far out- grown that feeling that it is no longer pn offence for the zoologist to tell us not only that we are related to the lemur with its limiinous opalescent or topaz eyes, that are like the eyes of angels and are instinct with a mysterious intelligence when they look at us with a strange friendliness in them as if they knew what we, after thousands of years of thinkmg, have only just found out—not only that n I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hudson, W. H. (William Henry), 1841-1922. London ; Toronto : Hodder and Stoughton
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