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has sacrificed much wonderful knowledge, which would 

 have come to him, had he trained himself to listen more 

 attentively to the "still, small voice' within. That we 

 will eventually be compelled, to depend wholly on this 

 guidance, and wholly to discard the material props we 

 rest on to-day is certain, and we can, even now, see evidences 

 of the tendency in this direction, in the gradual de- 

 materializing of so many original forces. Thus— telegraphy 

 is no longer confined to wires, light is obtained from certain 

 elements in combination, propulsion, from the evaporation 

 of gas. Matter itself is disappearing under analysis, and 

 appears as the " electron," which our chief authorities in 

 the world of chemistry define as " energy," and frankly 

 admit that from this point, they hand the whole question 

 over to the metaphysician. 



Thus it is apparent, that in some ways, we can still learn 

 much from the animals, and that in their dependence upon 

 the intuitive utterances, derived from voices long unheard 

 by man, they are on the right road towards the solution of 

 many things which at present remain a mystery to us. 



Under this mental propulsion, the senses of sight, and 

 hearing, and scenting become greatly intensified, and the 

 great desire in the dog's mind to detect sounds in the far 

 distance, in the performance of its work, is the great 

 impetus, whereby the trainer can cultivate hearing and 

 scenting in the sentry and guard dog. 



And it would seem that these senses have their origin in 

 mind. 



There are many animals that have these senses accen- 

 tuated in remarkable ways. During the Battle of Jut- 

 land, there were many people who observed the curious 

 behaviour of the pheasants in various parts of the country, 

 down the East Coast. They manifested every sign of 



