It represents five little red mice, in the presence of a young cat.

" That instinct is an inherent or innate quality of animals, is clearly proved by experience.

The cat possesses the instinct of catching and eating mice, and the mouse that of shunning the cat as its most dangerous enemy.

Once, in Rome, I happened to open a drawer which T seldom had occasion to use, when I saw a mouse jumping out of it, and found among the papers a nest with five young mice, naked and blind, and of a pale flesh colour.

I placed them on a table, handled them, and they evinced no symptoms of fright, nor any inclination to get away, but only appeared eager to approach each other for the sake of warmth.