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KJBEN SENSE OF SMBL.L1. 96} .. pleasant savo^, and because of the fact that only the males haVe the atticle attached, to their bodies, the theory is that the same is utilized to fascinate the op- posite $ex. The query arifies: If nature has brought about such a condition of thin(;«, can you blame the type:of humane animals (species Dude) for swobbing themselves with the modern chemicals to attract attention to their august (?) presence? Are you convinced that dogs and other animals are endowed with certain traits that it is not possible for a human being with his supposed superior intelli- gence to cultivate his sense of smell? And the fact is here set forth that the Middle States Indians were capable of discerning objects by the smell emitted therefrom to so fine a degree that conclusion would be reached by circumstantial evidence which would invariably result in actual knowledge. For ex-- ample: suppose a party of plains Indians was seeking to discover their enemy; now all men must oat and these people existed exclusively by the chase, and it is proverbial that they were great eaters, and princi paUy meat, so they killed game; the average Indian could smeU decaying flesh several miles, and would know at once tha,t the hand of man had been the cause of the death, so. for several miles around they were able to discover the presence of the hunters; of course they would frequently be on the wrong scent, but they were proficient in the manner of dis- covering the death of an animal by other causes than that of the hand of man. But of aU the things which the plaints Indians were astute at, was their sense of hearing, for they were able to discern sound three