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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 dis- 

 tances to their home, although the mode in which 

 they have been conveyed from it has deprived them 

 of all assistance from their 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 kitten 

 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 travelled over 

 a road perfectly unknown to her, and in a bag, 

 which entirely prevented her seeing anything, 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, 



