Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1858 — Instinct of the Pigeon. [ARTICLE]

Instinct of the Pigeon.

Sir .John Ross, tlie Artic voyager, dispatched a young pair of pigeons, on the Gilt ar 7th October, 1850, from Assistance Bay, a little west of Wellirigtbn Sound, and on the 18th of October a pigeon made its appearance at the dovecote in Ayrshire, from wherree Sir John had the two. pair of pigeons which he toqk out. The distance direct between the two places is about 2,000 miles, 'Fhe dovecote was under repair at this time, and the pigeons belonging sto it had been reinoyed, but the servant's of the house were struck with the appearance and motions of the stranger. After a short stay it went to the pigeon-house of a neighboring proprietor, where it was caught and sent back to the. lady .who originally owned it. She at once recognized it as one of those which she had given to'Sir John Ross; but to put the matter to the test, it was curried into the pigeon-house, when out of the many niches, it directly went to the one in which it had been hatched. No doubt remained in the mind of the lady of the identity of the bird. By what extraordinary power did this interesting bird find its way, and by what route did it come!— VarrelVs His-tory-of British. Birds. most remarkable instance of indecision we. ever heard of, was that of the man- who I sat up all night, because he couldn’t decide which to take off first, his coat or his boots. He who follow's in the footsteps of another will always be behind.