UNE CHIENNE ILLUSTRE 5 
the National Geographic Society. I also append a copy 
of the By-Laws of the Society.” 
(Signed) O. P. AUSTIN, 
Secretary. 
By- Laws of the National Geographic Society. 
5. Committee on Membership. 
The Committee on membership shall consist of three 
members, whose duty shall be to inquire as to the eligibi- 
lity of all applicants for membership whose names be 
referred to it, and to report thereon to the Board of Mana- 
gers for its final action. 
FINIS 
When shows her certificate of membership, Bronte only 
smiled at her Master, Wm. A. McCormick, and then barked 
as much as to say : ‘“ Vou may be some Whistler and Bird 
Imitator, but it is my part of the show that gets National 
Recognition. 
S’il arrive que tel lecteur d’esprit étroit s'étonne, à la 
vue du document reproduit, qu’une compagnie sérieuse se 
soit de la sorte associé un quadrupède du Michigan, nous le 
prierons de se rappeler son histoire ancienne. Il y a bien 
déjà, en effet, dix-neuf siècles que l’empereur (Caïus- 
Cæsar-Augustus-Germanicus-Caligula voulut faire nommer 
son cheval consul de Rome. Cela était bien plus fort, et 
nos voisins des Etats-Unis devront imaginer autre chose, 
s’ils veulent absolument ‘battre le record ” en la matière. 
