Moses was preserved by the Egyptians till he had outlived the dangerous
period, and learned from them wisdom enough to be the saviour of his
people against those same Egyptians. So the bobtailed Coyote was not
only saved by man and carried over the dangerous period of puppyhood:
she was also unwittingly taught by him how to baffle the traps, poisons,
lassoes, guns, and Dogs that had so long waged a war of extermination
against her race.




III


Thus Tito escaped from man, and for the first time found herself face to
face with the whole problem of life; for now she had her own living to
get.

A wild animal has three sources of wisdom:

First, _the experience of its ancestors_, in the form of instinct, which
is inborn learning, hammered into the race by ages of selection and
tribulation. This is the most important to begin with, because it guards
him from the moment he is born.

Second, _the experience of his parents and comrades_, learned chiefly by
example. This becomes most important as soon as the young can run.

Third, _the personal experience_ of the animal itself. This grows in