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be guided by any sense analogous to those which 

 we possess. "Well-authenticated instances of dogs 

 and cats, and horses also, finding their way back 

 from great distances to their home, although the 

 mode in which they have been conveyed from it 

 has deprived them of all assistance from then- 

 organs of sight, are so frequent as scarcely to 

 excite attention ; and yet how wonderful must be 

 the intelligence which guides the animal ! 



One of the most unquestionable instances of a 

 cat's displaying this faculty which has come under 

 my own immediate observation was that of a kittten 

 about three parts grown, who certainly had never 

 been in the habit of going ten yards from the house 

 door. Wishing to get rid of her, I sent her in a 

 bag to a person who lived more than two miles 

 from my own residence. Although the cat tra- 

 velled over a road perfectly unknown to her, and 

 in a bag, which entirely prevented her seeing any- 

 thing, she was the next morning purring about as 

 usual, and claiming attention in the kitchen, as 

 if she had never left it. 



Another curious instance of a cat's travelling- 

 capabilities fell under my notice. By some means 

 she discovered the place to which her kitten had 

 been taken, more than a mile off ; and every night 

 the poor mother went to suckle her young one, 



