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I THINK Mr. Kingsley rather underrates the exercise of the organs of vision by the dog when, in comparing it with the horse, he writes,ββThe dog, who has smelt everything, but looked at very little.β Now it is true that the dog does not look about him when on his travels, in the popular sense, by turning his head about, but close observation shows the eyeball in constant movement, taking in everything in front and on both sides, although, to all appearance, with his head close to the ground, his whole attention is concentrated on the reception of external impressions through his nose. This is particularly noticeable in the terrier, which, on meeting you, however intently he may seem to be engaged in smelling, gives a quick glance at your face without moving his head, or apparently lessening the attention he is paying to something else with his nose. Note, also, how quickly a dog going down wind sees another a long distance off.
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WALTERS, J. Sight in Dogs. Nature 7, 361 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007361b0
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