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Photograph by EtHth S. Watson 

 DOGS DO THEIR FARM AND HOUSEHOLD BIT IN CANADA AS WELL AS IN BELGIUM 

 AND HOLLAND A SCENE IN PERCE. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC 



Eventually he took return passage to 

 America. Upon his arrival in New York 

 he was "interviewed" by reporters of the 

 metropolitan newspapers, but the lure of 

 Broadway was short-lived. He hastened 

 on to Tacoma and thus completed his trip 

 around the world in 132 days, carrying 

 more than 200 new medals, tags, and cer- 

 tificates as testimonials of his travels. 



\\'hen Owney died every jiostal clerk 

 in America lamented his death. His 

 stuffed skin, accoutred in all the trap- 

 pings of his travels, is mounted in the 

 Post-Office Department Museum in the 

 city of Washington. 



The most recent departure in canine 

 traveling is accredited to a dog by the 

 name of Flock. Marcel Therouin, an 

 aviator sent to reconnoiter a district in 

 Serbia, saw a small boy clinging to the 

 dead body of his father and weeping 

 piteously, for he alone of the population 

 of the neighborhood had been spared. 

 A dog crouched beside the boy. The- 

 rouin decided to rescue the lad and 

 strapped him in the airplane. The dog 

 howled so piteously at the prospect of 

 bein' left entirely alone that the aviator 



took him aboard also. Ever since the 

 dog and the aviator have been inseparable 

 friends. \\'hen he goes up, the dog lies 

 curled at his master's feet and never 

 budges during the flight. 



A DOG UNDER A FLAG OF TRUCE 



One might write a whole article on the 

 dogs of famous men. George Washing- 

 ton maintained a pack of foxhounds at 

 ]\It. \'ernon. and after the close of the 

 war was constantly making reference to 

 them and the chase, in his well-kept 

 diary. In the Memoirs of Chevalier de 

 Pontiband a fascinating story of the 

 Revolutionary War is told, showing how 

 great military leaders respect one an- 

 other. One evening while at dinner a 

 very fine sporting dog, as hungry as he 

 was good looking, came into the presence 

 of General Washington. Examining the 

 collar, the General found it bore the 

 name "General Howe." .'\fter feeding 

 the dog well, he sent him l)ack to his 

 owner under a flag of truce, and received 

 a letter of thanks from General Howe in 

 acknowledgment of his kindness. 



