The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend (1919) (20118196853)

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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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 91
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Pliotograpli from Department of Agriculture REMAINS OF 193 SHEEP KILLED IN A SINGLE NIGHT BY TWO DOGS The best friends of the dog arc the most earnest advocates of legislation against the renegade of his race—the sheep-killing mongrel. And when a pedigreed dog runs amuck he is even worse than his nondescript fellow-sinner. able safety on a lonely island, and then, cued, but the sea-water on his hair al- with his dogs and one Eskimo, set out most immediately became ice. To save for civilization again. En route, his lead- the dog from freezing, the two men suc- ing dog, in trying to jump an ice-lane, cessfully chewed the ice out of their four- fell into the water. He was quickly res- footed ally's coat. SHEEP-KILLERS—THE PARIAHS OF DOGKIND NOT the vivid oratory of a Vest, nor the lovable brush of a Eand- seer, nor yet the blazing eloquence •of a Byron has served to overdraw the picture of the well-bred, well-trained dog. But those friends of the dog who are most jealous of his good name are among the first to advocate legislation that will at once protect the public from the evil •deeds of the pervert of his kind and the good dog from maledictions he dOes not deserve. In these days, when wool is so high that one has to wonder whether it was not the sheep instead of the cow that jumped over the moon; in these times, when a hungry world abroad and a diminishing meat area at home alike call loudly for new meat production, the na- tion suddenly awakes to the fact that the