Domestic Animals 27 



SHAPE OF EARS 



Erect or drooping. 



SHAPE OF TAIL 



Straight, recurved, slim, bushy, short, or long. 



Of course there were other variations, but these 

 were little children and Miss Clare dd not think it 

 wise to be too technical. 



She told them she had read in a book that there 

 were over one hundred and eighty kinds of dogs in 

 the world, more than some of them would be able 

 to count, but maybe they would like to know about 

 a few kinds and of what use they were to man. 



She put pictures of these on the board. 



The greyhound they admired for his beauty, and 

 they could easily imagine what a good hunter he 

 might be, and how swiftly he could get over the 

 ground. 



The hound, too, was a favorite when they learned 

 that he was often able to find people that were lost, 

 having such a keen scent that he could follow their 

 footsteps. 



The dogs of the Eskimos were not overlooked, 

 for what could these people do without their faithful 



