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TEE FOOLISH ASS, (nIT). ?59 the location was so the wind .cowld yzajij. .the .odor arising from the herd toward the Indian. Hupters are compelled to first study the direction of the.wind when trying to get within range of most all game, for nature has endowed animals with such sensitive fac- ulties for their protection that a human being wiU be sniffed at quite a distance; and to the person who has had the. thrilling experience in viewing a pointer or setter work on the prairie, it would seem that the dog has more sense than a human being, for whpn the blooded canine stuck his tail out or lifted his front foot, the hunter knew for sure that a covy or flock would surely raise; and to follow the trail, hounds wUi scent a cold track of a wolf twelve or fifteen hours after the animal had gone over the gronnd. It seems marvelous, but this is of frequent occurrence; but more remarkable still is the bloodhound, which when allowed to smell the spot where a person last stood a few hours before; of course, if a garment worn by the person desired to track can be submitted to the dog to smeU, it wiU more surely give the beast the necessary silent information which enables it to follow the person sought. But from observation it is opined that the province of the bloodhound is not as effective in following a white man as it was the negro during slavery times; and the reason is obvious he- cause of the demonstrable difference in the perspiring qualities of the two races. To bear out the proposi- tion hereafter advocated, attention is directed to the supposed foolish ass: those who have watched these animals are cognizant of how they will sniff a brewing storm in the winter long before the "noblest :work of