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their whereabouts to their victims and also adds an incentive to flight. 

 But it must be borne in mind that the dogs are descended from wolves, 

 which naturally hunt in packs and do not stalk their prey. The baying of 

 the hound is a most common example of this habit, and when we listen 

 we can understand how by following this sound the pack is kept together. 

 Almost all breeds of dogs have acute sense of hearing. When a dog bays 

 at the moon or howls when he hears music it is simply a reversion to the 

 wolf habit of howling to call together the pack or in answer " to the 

 music of the pack." It is interesting that our music, which is the flower 

 of our civilization, should awaken the sleeping ancestral traits in the 

 canine breast. But perhaps, that, too, is why we respond to music 

 because it awakens in us the strong, primitive emotions, and for the 

 time enables us to free ourselves from all conventional shackles and 

 trammels. 



Fig II. — Compare the dog and cat 



Lesson 



Purpose. — First, to give the pupils an understanding of the dog's 

 adaptations for getting a living as a wild animal. Second, to draw the pu- 

 pil's attention to the dog's methods of expressing his emotions and his 

 ways of living. 



Method. — For the observation lesson it would be well to have at hand, 

 a well-disposed dog which would not object to being handled; a collie 

 or a hound would be preferable. Many of the questions should be given 

 to the pupils to answer from observations at home and the lessons will 

 be built upon the experience of the pupils with dogs. 



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