128 THE CASE OF A CALF 



instinctive sense of direction. Scarcely a day 

 passes but we hear of some instance where a 

 dog, cat or other animal, has found its way 

 home after deportation under circumstances 

 where it was impossible for the creature to 

 have obtained a view of the passing country. 



A case in point has recently come to my 

 notice which is of unusual interest, and as the 

 incident chanced to occur in a locality well 

 known to me for many years, I am able to give 

 an accurate topographical description. 



The man from whom I have the particulars 

 is a small tenant farmer in Carmarthenshire, 

 who is in the habit of rearing a few calves, 

 which he sends away by train to the markets. 



On a recent occasion, Mr. Jones (they are 

 mostly Jones in these parts) having tied up a 

 six-weeks'-old calf in a sack, its head protrud- 

 ing from the mouth thereof, put the animal at 

 the bottom of his cart and proceeded to drive 

 to the station. Mr. Jones's farmhouse, be it 

 understood, stands on the left bank overlook- 

 ing the river. Leading from the farm there 

 is a narrow lane which debouches on the 

 high road. On emerging from this lane the 

 farmer would keep to his left and drive up the 

 valley for a mile, where the river again ap- 

 proaches the road. At this point a by-road 

 strikes off to the left, and passing over a stone 



