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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 car, they do 

 just what you or I would under similar circumstances --exert 

 every possible means left them of discovering whither they 

 are going, and take as many notes as possible of the route, 

 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 



