22 MY HORSE ; MY LOVE 



geranium thus generated must carry conviction to the most 

 unbelieving.' 



Is it the same whether in horses of pure or impure breed- 

 ing and blood ? 



' The higher the breed and the purer the blood, the more 

 pronounced is the odour ; and small osselets indicate fine 

 breeding. The native Arabian, in his swift and never- 

 ending journeyings to and fro in the scorching heat of the 

 unprotected desert, with scant food and most limited 

 supplies of water, draws constant stimulant from this, 

 Nature's nosegay ; and the weary cavalry horse, on forced 

 marches, lets his head droop lower and lower to catch, 

 perchance, one more whiff of the grateful and sustaining 

 odour.' 



Your argument would be a powerful one against the 

 bearing-rein ; but are other animals similarly provided ? 



' It is a remarkable fact in natural history that every race, 

 whether of man or beast, and everything that has life, which 

 grows in or from the ground, is distinguished by its own 

 peculiar odour. This odour is agreeable or not, according 

 to its delicacy or the strength to which it is developed.' 



And has it a similar purpose ? 



' In many cases it is bestowed by Nature's wonderful 

 forethought as a means of offence or defence, and many 

 animals carry with them a well-supplied vinaigrette which, 

 in times of exhaustion, they turn to and inhale exceeding 

 refreshment therefrom. In some the odour is perceptible to 

 themselves only, while in others it is such a powerful means 

 of defence as to make the pursuing victim wish he had 

 never been born, which floods cannot drown nor fires 

 quench, if any part escape, and only six feet of earth can 

 extinguish. 



