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SUGGESTIONS ON THE HABIT OF SMELLING, 



We might very naturally suppose from the fact 

 of the horse's applying his nose to everything new 

 to him, that he always does so for the purpose of 

 smelling these objects; but I believe that it is as 

 much or more for the purpose of feeling, and that 

 he makes use of his nose, or muzzle, (as it is some- 

 times called), as we would of our hands ; because 

 it is the only organ by which he can touch or feel 

 anything with much susceptibility. 



I believe that he invariably makes use of the 

 four senses — seeing, hearing, smelling, and feeling — - 

 in all of his examinations, of which the sense of 

 feeling is, perhaps, the most important. And I 

 think that, in the experiment with the robe, his 

 gradual approach and final touch with his nose 

 was as much for the purpose of feeling as anything 

 else, his sense of smell being so keen that it would 

 not be necessary for him to touch his nose against 

 anything in order to get the proper scent ; for it is 

 said that a horse can smell a man at the distance 

 of a mile. And if the scent of the robe was all 

 that was necessary, he could get that several rods 

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