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hair_, some with shorty some witli long ears and others 

 with short ; while the soft^ fat^ lazy pug should have 

 a curled tail^ and the clever poodle who will play all 

 kinds of tricks has usually that appendage shaved, 

 with a tuft left at the end to imitate the lion. 



Fig. 13.— Chow. " Brutus." (Photo, by V. W. Bond.) 



This faculty of educability, or capacity to learn, 

 so rare in cats, is possessed by dogs and horses to an 

 eminent degree, and their willingness, even desire, to 

 place their faculties at the service of their human 

 friend and to work untiringly for him has made them 

 his constant companions. 



The wild dogs of Australia (dingos) and the 



