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COMMON BRITISH ANIMALS 



whom so many travellers have been rescued from tlie 

 snow in the Alps ; the clever, faithful sheep-dog and 

 many others. A dog's keen '^ nose ^' has also been used 

 to trace the haunts of a particular kind of edible fungi 

 called " truffles/' which grow beneath the surface of 

 the ground. Dogs were formerly harnessed to carts 



Fig. 12. — Dachshund. " Tweaker." (Photo, from life.) 



and used for draught in England, but the law does 

 not permit that now. In Holland and Belgium and 

 other countries they are still so used to draw milk- 

 carts, and frequently the strange sight may be seen 

 of a man or woman riding in a cart drawn by a dog. 

 Of fancy dogs there is an almost endless number, 

 some bred for size, others, like the tiny lap-dog, in 

 which diminutiveness is the charm ; some with long 



