The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend (1919) (20118168163)

Title: The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend
Identifier: cu31924001178130 (find matches)
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U. S. ); Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927; Baynes, Ernest Harold, 1868-1925
Subjects: Dog breeds; Dogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. , The National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Photograph by Edith S. Watson DOGS DO THEIR PAEM AND HOUSEHOLD BIT IN CANADA AS WELL AS IN BELGIUM AND HOLLAND A SCENE IN PERCE, PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Eventually he took return passage to America. Upon his arrival in New York he was "interviewed" by reporters of the metropolitan newspapers, but the lure of Broadway was short-lived. He hastened on to Tacoma and thus completed his trip around the world in 132 days, carrying more than 200 new medals, tags, and cer- tificates as testimonials of his travels. When Owney died every postal clerk in America lamented his death. His stuffed skin, accoutred in all the trap- pings of his travels, is mounted in the Post-Office Department Museum in the city of Washington. The most recent departure in canine traveling is accredited to a dog by the name of Flock. Marcel Therouin, an aviator sent to reconnoiter a district in Serbia, saw a small boy clinging to the dead body of his father and weeping piteously, for he alone of the population of the neighborhood had been spared. A dog crouched beside the boy. The- rouin decided to rescue the lad and strapped him in the airplane. The dog howled so piteously at the prospect of being left entirely alone that the aviator took him aboard also. Ever since the dog and the aviator have been inseparable friends. When he goes up, the dog lies curled at his master's feet and never budges during the flight. A DOG UNDER A ELAG OE TRUCE One might write a whole article on the dogs of famous men. George Washing- ton maintained a pack of foxhounds at Mt. Vernon, and after the close of the war was constantly making reference to them and the chase, in his well-kept diary. In the Memoirs of Chevalier dc Pontiband a fascinating story of the Revolutionary War is told, showing how great military leaders respect one an- other. One evening while at dinner a very fine sporting dog, as hungry as he was good looking, came into the presence of General Washington. Examining the collar, the General found it bore the name "General Howe." After feeding the dog well, he sent him back to his owner under a flag of truce, and received a letter of thanks from General Howe in acknowledgment of his kindness.