The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend (1919) (20208884188)

Title: The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend
Identifier: bookofdogsintima00nati (find matches)
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U. S. ); Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927; Baynes, Ernest Harold, 1868-1925
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. , The National geographic society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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o I'. O. Koch A IMIILIPI'INI'; LIVE-STOCK MARKET The Igorrotes are among tlu- few tribes of the earth that habitually eat dog flesh. A DOG THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER NINE KINGS Everybody, of course, knows tlie story of the little wire-haired terrier that was the favorite of King Edward MI of Great Britain. On his collar was the in- scription "I am Caesar, and I belong to the King." When that sovereign died, his favorite charger and his best loved dog marched in the procession just be- hind the King's coffin. Each was led by a Highlander, and Caesar took precedence over nine kings and nearly all the princes of the earth (see page 94). Pompey, a spaniel, "adopted a prince." He attached himself to the suite of Wil- liam the Silent, in spite of all the efforts of the prince's retainers. Later he gave warning of a surprise attack on his royal master's cainp in tiine to thwart it, and was credited by his sovereign with hav- ing saved his life. On the monument of ^^'illiam the Silent, at the Church of St. Ursula, in Delft, Pompey is carved lying at his master's feet. In all dogdom there are no more in- teresting animals than those of the Polar regions. The man who observed that dogs make the Northern world go round told a big story in little compass. So im- portant are their services that the Com- mander of the Department of the Colum- bia recommended some time ago that a system of pensions for those in the em- ploy of the Government be established. Discussing the subject, he said that (luring a tour of inspection he was dis- tressed by the present practice of turning the old and disabled dogs adrift. "They afiford the only line of communication be- tween many of the army posts," said he, "there being three hundred of them con- stantly in the service." The man who has been served faith- fully by one of these animals cannot have the heart to kill him, and yet it is an expensive business keeping dogs that can- not make their way in such regions. Is a Pole to be discovered, man stands powerless before the ice and the snow