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But As dogs, cats & probably all the higher animals, even birds as is stated by a good authority *(8) have vivid dreams, this being dreams vividly, as shown by their movements & voice , we must admit that they also possess some power of imagination.)

(Of all the faculties of the human mind, it will, I presume, be admitted that Reason stands highest. Most would poss Few persons now believe any longer dispute that animals possess some degree of reason. & they Animals may without a doubt constantly be seen to pause, deliberate & resolve. It is a significant fact that there is hardly any exception to the rule, that the more any naturalist studies the habits of some particular animal, the more he attributes to reason & somewhat less to unlearnt instincts. *(9) We shall see in the our future chapters that some animals extremely low in the scale apparently display a certain amount of