3605. Gluttony is the principal character of the Glossozoa, in so far as taste stands upon the lowest stage. Touch and taste are only motion and deglutition.
Smell becomes evidently stronger.
The ear still ranks upon the lowest stage, but yet they hear closely. In other respects they are mute, and exhibit all the consequences of aphony.
3606. Fishes are of the Phlegmatic temperament.
5. Functions of the Myo-or Rhinozoa.
3607. Reptiles are Cephalozoa with well-developed lungs and nose, and are therefore gifted with voice.
3608. To memory comes the art of ambuscade or lying in wait, a property of the olfactory sense, the application of memory. The circumspection of the Snails passes over into ambuscade and surprise.
With this character the higher perfection of the belly or of the digestive system, along with the poisoning saliva, is in parallel accordance. To take by surprise and to poison are acts of one series.
3609. Reptiles appear enabled to reflect, i. e. several reminiscences are at their bidding. Now, the comparison of these constitutes reflection. They are therefore more sagacious than Fishes, docile and in some measure susceptible of instruction.
3610. The courage, which they have probably obtained through their aerial respiration, passes over more into impudence and sauciness.