Men have learned of the spider to weave; of the swallow to build; and have acquired from other animals skill in medicine, 191, 192. Some oxen have learned to count, 193. Soothsaying and divination is by means of birds, 194. What now can be said of the sagacity and intelligence of fishes and other water-animals? living in the sea, and remote from our observation, they are but little known to us, 195. Crocodiles come when called, 196. Fish are not easily caught, a proof of great cunning and wariness, 197, 198. Fish stand by and defend each other in danger, 199. Sagacity of the dolphin and the cuttle-fish, 200. Subtlety of the fish in taking their own prey, the torpedo, polypus, and others, 201, 202. Sagacity of the tunny, 203, 204. Mutual affection of the crocodile and the trochilus, 206. Sagacity of fish in depositing their spawn, 207, 208. Care of the tortoise and crocodile for their young, 209, 210. Intelligence and conjugal affection of the halcyon, 211, 212. Story of a dolphin which served as a guide to messengers of Ptolemy Soter, king of Egypt, 213, 214. The dolphin, a solitary instance among the brutes of disinterested love for man, 214. Stories of affectionate dolphins, 215, 216. THAT BRUTE BEASTS MAKE USE OF REASON. BY SIR A. J. A satire on the boasted wisdom, fortitude, magnanimity, and temperance of man, in the form of a dialogue between Ulysses in the island of Circe, and Gryllus, whom she had changed into a swine, and who now prefers his swinish condition to a return to the human form; Ulysses asks Circe for permission to restore his companions to the human shape, 218. Circe will grant the request if the men themselves desire it, 219. Gryllus, one of them, is brought forward to answer in behalf of the entire company, 219. He refuses, and gives his reasons, 220, et seq. He says that by making him and his companions beasts, Circe has done them a great favor, 220. Beasts have more fortitude than men; they fight in fair, open combat, without trick or artifice; they are no cowards, they never cry for mercy, 222. Beasts are courageous and daring, even the females; while the courage of men is artificial, and women are timid, 223, 224. Beasts are more temperate and chaste than men; they indulge their appetites only in a natural way, and at the proper season, 225, 226, 228. Beasts do not value silver or gold, 227. They have no adventitious desires, 227. Their senses are more accurate, 227. Men are incontinent: they indulge unnatural and excessive appetites; are never satisfied, 229, 230. Beasts are satisfied with one kind of food, and this procured without difficulty; they have nature for their teacher, and could teach men many useful lessons, 231, 232. OF THE FACE APPEARING WITHIN THE ORB OF THE MOON. BY A. G., GENT.