TO J.H.

FABRE.
(297/1.

A letter to M.Fabre is given in "Life and Letters," III., page 220, in which the suggestion is made of rotating the insect before a "homing" experiment occurs.) Down, February 20th, 1880.
I thank you for your kind letter, and am delighted that you will try the experiment of rotation.

It is very curious that such a belief should be held about cats in your country (297/2.

M.Fabre had written from Serignan, Vaucluse: "Parmi la population des paysans de mon village, l'habitude est de faire tourner dans un sac le chat que l'on se propose de porter ailleurs, et dont on veut empecher le retour.