New Series, 1906. 



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In studying your winter bouquet notice whether there are any seeds 

 that you think birds might eat these cold days. 



DOGS. 



As I walk through winter woods I often think of the time when 

 white men did not live here ; when forests were dense and wild ; and 

 when wolves ran howling on their way through the long, cold nights, 

 But that was long ago. Probably not many of our boys and girls have 

 ever heard or seen a wolf, unless he was a captive. Where have they 

 gone, these wild dog-like animals, and why have they gone? 



Foxes, near rel- 

 atives of wolves, 

 are not so rare. 

 Have you ever 

 seen one traveling 

 along his solitary 

 way? I say soli- 

 tary way because, 

 as you know, foxes 

 do not hunt in 

 packs as do the 

 wolves. If you live 

 on a farm, perhaps 

 you can tell of a 

 visit a fox has 

 made to your home 

 and whether or no Fig. 2.— On guard. 



you enjoyed having him there. 



We may not be able to see wolves and foxes, but almost everywhere 

 and every day we can see their tame relations, — dogs. I like large dogs 

 best: St. Bernards, mastiffs, great Danes, colHes and the like; yet some 

 very small dogs have taken a large place in my life. 



Now every one of our boys and girls can tell a dog story and Uncle 

 John will be glad to hear it ; but there is something more we want you 

 to do. Since dogs take so important a part in our daily life, we should 

 know more about them. When you write to Uncle John again I hope 

 you can tell at least one new thing that you have learned from your 

 study of dogs this month. 



I think one of the first things you should do is to name the kind of 

 dogs that you know. Can you tell a bulldog when you see it ? A spaniel ? 

 Pointer? Collie? Bloodhound? St. Bernard? Poodle? Greyhound? 

 M&stiff? Pug-? Fox-terrier? Do you suppose all the dogs you see 



