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the little fellow had his eyes open the whole distance, we 
may be sure, and if he could speak he would no doubt tell 
us that he remembered his previous journey pretty well. 
But many times, especially where transported by rail, it is 
unquestionable that dogs rely upon their noses to get them 
back. Finding that they are being kidnapped, carried off 
from home and friends in this confined, alarming fashion, 
unable to see out of the tight box or the close ear, they do 
just what you or I would under similar cireumstances—exert 
every possible means left them of discovering whither they 
are going, and take as many notes as possible of the ronte, 
intending to escape at the very first opportunity. One 
means of investigation remaining is the scent, and this 
they would use to great advantage, examining the differ- 
ent smells as their journey progressed, and stowing them 
away in their memory to be followed back in inverse order 
when they have a chance to return. Granting to these ani- 
mals the discriminating sense of smell which experience 
shows to be possessed by them, I do not see any reason why 
they should not be able to remember a journey by its suc- 
cession of odors just as well as they would by its successive 
landmarks to the eye. Even we, with our comparatively 
useless noses, can smell the sea from afar; can scent the 
sweetness of the green fields as well as the smokiness of 
