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demonstrate its usefulness. To complete the process of 

 domestication it is only necessary to develop the intel- 

 ligence and sympathy that shall afford it universal pro- 

 tection. In addition, before considering a species a full 

 member of the human household, it is generally neces- 

 sary to discover means of breeding it in confinement or 

 under human control. With this condition met, in the 

 manner already described, there will remain no doubt that 

 we have added a new and important species to the domes- 

 ticated animals of this country. 



