RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1885. [Letter to Arthur Nicols on sense of smell in cats, 20 March 1873]. In Arthur Nicols, Natural history sketches among the Carnivora wild and domesticated: with observations on their habits and mental faculties. London: L. Upcott Gill, p. 52.
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Freeman Bibliographical Database, enter its Identifier here. See Darwin, C. R. 1879. [Quote from a lost 1875 letter to Arthur Nicols]. In A. Nicols, Intellect in brutes. Nature (20 February): 365 (F3459) and Correspondence vol. 21.
[page] 52
The experiments on the sense of smell in cats and dogs seem to me very good. From your previous note, I know you do not believe in the stories of cats returning home over unknown ground; but if such a case is mentioned in Nature, I would suggest your sending your experiment to that journal for publication, as bearing on Mr. Wallace's theory, which I am half inclined to admit.
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