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Stewart Estimating character by scent The dog's 

 nose in judging character Effect of human odour on 

 animals Wolves in the Zoological Gardens Wolf- 

 children The jaguar's beneficent impulses Bear and 

 puma The mystery explained . . "'.-; 83 



VII 



Little knowledge of savages available Observations on 

 the lower animals Nose-greeting in animals Smell in 

 savages Our unconscious sense of smell Gypsies and 

 savages on a level Nerves of smell The dog in his 

 world of smells Small woodland beasts in their world 

 How we are moved by hidden causes Antipathies 

 Classical cases and modern instances Antipathies and 

 second sight A strange case; clairvoyance or sense 

 of smell? ./ ,.,,, .. . . ., . . 103 



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An explanation and apology postponed Smell in birds 

 An ancient controversy The vulture's two aspects 

 The way of the vulture Pigeons Smell in crows 

 Daws and ravens Carrion crow The rook's double 

 nature An uncanny rook story Panic fear in mam- 

 mals Horses and cattle scenting grass and water 

 Great stampedes preceding Indian invasions Indian 

 warfare in Argentina A little frontier tragedy . 119 



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The way this book is being written The hind in Rich- 

 mond Park again An imaginary colloquy Sense of 

 direction in animals and man Snakes Insects; A 

 foraging ant Fishes, batrachians, birds and mammals 

 Smell in self-preservation Horses: the history of a 



