NATURE S VINAIGRETTE. 2^ 



poor animal soon grew so lame and useless that he 

 had to be shot, a sacrifice to science. These two 

 experiments were sufficient, I think, to test the won- 

 derful truth of what I have said. By wetting the 

 fingers and rubbing them on these dry warts the 

 unmistakable odor of geranium thus generated must 

 carry conviction to the most unbelieving." 



Is it the same whether in horses of pure or impure 

 breeding and blood? 



'' The higher the breed and the purer the blood, 

 the more pronounced is the odor; and small osselets 

 indicate fine breeding. The native Arabian in his 

 swift and never-ending journey ings to and fro in 

 the scorching heat of the unprotected desert, with 

 scant food and most limited supplies of water, draws 

 constant stimulant from this, Nature's nosegay; 

 and the weary cavalry horse, on forced marches, lets 

 his head droop lower and lower to catch, perchance, 

 one more whiff of the grateful and sustaining odor." 



Your argument would be a powerful one against 

 the bearing-rein, but are other animals similarly 

 provided? 



" It is a remarkable fact in natural history that 

 every race, whether of man or beast, and every- 

 thing that has life, which grows in or from the 

 ground, is distinguished by its own peculiar odor. 

 This odor is agreeable or not, according to its deli- 

 cacy or the strength to which it is developed. " 



And has it a similar purpose? 



" In many cases it is bestowed by Nature's wonder- 

 ful forethought, as a means of offense or defense, and 

 many animals carry with them a well-supplied vinai- 



