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"No." "In the woods?" "Yes!" "Spell the 

 name again ! " " d r e s f ." " And what is n e ? " 

 " dran " (a contraction of daran = on it). " On the 

 jacket ? " " Yes ! " " Then you want to say that 

 ' dresf ' is on the jacket ? " "Yes .... " And Lola 

 looked at me with the most imploring eyes as though I 

 ought to see that she was right as though I ought to 

 know it. 



" Are you sure of the name ? " I persisted and she 

 replied : " mitt el." 1 Here we ended and unfortun- 

 ately I have not been able to ascertain so far what this 

 particular variety of fur is ! 



There have been more recent tests of this nature, 

 about which I do not as yet feel in a position to give a 

 definite opinion. They may possibly come into line 

 with the theories held by Professor Gust a v Jaegar, 

 M.D., of Stuttgart and, if so, would place the subject 

 in a new perspective. I will now only add what has 

 so far come to my notice accidentally : 



On 4 October, 1916, I said : " Lola, do you like to 

 smell people ?" " Yes I " " All people ?" "No!" 

 " How do I smell to-day ? " " Tired." " Lola," 

 I said, "do I sometimes smell horrid ? " " Arger 

 Eifersucht I " ( = great, or strong jealousy). " So 

 you smell what I feel and when it changes ? " " Yes." 

 " With every one ? " " Yes." " With horses too ? " 

 "No." "With dogs?" "Yes! yes!!" 



On 5 October I asked: "Lola, do I smell the 

 same?" "No!" " How do I smell ?" "Angst" 

 ( ='fear, or anxiety). She evidently meant that I 

 was'uneasy on account of the amount of work. 



" Lola," I continued, " how does Betty smell ? " 

 " Nach Angst " ( = of anxiety). " And anything 

 more ? " " Auch mud " ( = also tired) [N.B. Betty 



1 Mittel=unbestimmt (uncertain ; from Mitte middle.) 



