Note 21 — Section 72. ON INSTINCT[1].
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[1] Über den tierischen Instinkt.
[2] This clause requires a different rendering; let us say ‘Darwin gives the following most (höchst) curious example of a change of the animal instinct’. The last noun requires the def. art., as explained in S. 3, N. 2.
[3] to carry over, hinü´berbringen. The Perfect Participle qualifies the noun ‘bees’. According to S. 7, N. 3, the words ‘carried — Isles’ may be rendered either by the attributive construction or by forming of them a relative clause. I venture to propose the use of the attributive construction as the more elegant of the two modes of rendering, and more especially in order to avoid a repetition of subordinate clauses.
[4] When the preposition ‘to’, in connection with a verb denoting motion, stands before the names of countries, towns, islands, etc., it must be rendered by ‘nach’.
[5] Here follow the words ‘after — year’, to lay up honey, einen Vorrat von Honig an´sammeln.
[6] See S. 41, N. 6; it = this; not useful, nicht mehr von Nutzen.
[7] materials — plentiful, Materialien zur Honigbereitung in solchem Überflusse vorhanden.
[8] auf´geben.
[9] prudent = cautious.
[10] merkantilisch.
[11] unmäßig.
[12] to eat up, auf´zehren.
[13] und sich daran ergötzten. For rendering the passage ‘by — blacks’ see S. 1, N. 3. To fly about, umschwär´men, v. tr.
[14] The — is, Es ist eine ausgemachte Thatsache.
[15] Here follows the subject ‘you’ (comp. S. 66, N. 15), which translate by the impers. pron. man.
[16] by — animals, durch Versetzung der Tiere, i.e. by a removal of the animals. In = into; different = other.
[17] Here follows the object and its attributes, ‘their original (angeboren) propensities (Trieb, m.)’.
[18] may = can; reverse, in entgegengesetzte Richtungen leiten.
[19] Lazaro Spallanzani, berühmter italienischer Anatom und Naturforscher, geb. 1729, † 1799.
[20] to bring up, groß ziehen.
[21] bei.
[22] mit.