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 The Igorrotes are among tlu- few tribes of the earth that habitually eat dog flesh. 



A DOG THAT TOOK PRECEDENCE OVER NINE 

 KINGS 



Everybody, of course, knows tlie story 

 of the little wire-haired terrier that was 

 the favorite of King Edward MI of 

 Great Britain. On his collar was the in- 

 scription "I am Caesar, and I belong to 

 the King." When that sovereign died, 

 his favorite charger and his best loved 

 dog marched in the procession just be- 

 hind the King's coffin. Each was led by 

 a Highlander, and Caesar took precedence 

 over nine kings and nearly all the princes 

 of the earth (see page 94). 



Pompey, a spaniel, "adopted a prince." 

 He attached himself to the suite of Wil- 

 liam the Silent, in spite of all the efforts 

 of the prince's retainers. Later he gave 

 warning of a surprise attack on his royal 

 master's cainp in tiine to thwart it, and 

 was credited by his sovereign with hav- 

 ing saved his life. On the monument of 

 ^^'illiam the Silent, at the Church of St. 

 Ursula, in Delft, Pompey is carved lying 

 at his master's feet. 



In all dogdom there are no more in- 

 teresting animals than those of the Polar 

 regions. The man who observed that 

 dogs make the Northern world go round 

 told a big story in little compass. So im- 

 portant are their services that the Com- 

 mander of the Department of the Colum- 

 bia recommended some time ago that a 

 system of pensions for those in the em- 

 ploy of the Government be established. 



Discussing the subject, he said that 

 (luring a tour of inspection he was dis- 

 tressed by the present practice of turning 

 the old and disabled dogs adrift. "They 

 afiford the only line of communication be- 

 tween many of the army posts," said he, 

 "there being three hundred of them con- 

 stantly in the service." 



The man who has been served faith- 

 fully by one of these animals cannot 

 have the heart to kill him, and yet it is an 

 expensive business keeping dogs that can- 

 not make their way in such regions. 



Is a Pole to be discovered, man stands 

 powerless before the ice and the snow 



