HEAT AND COLD. 



to grow in order to keep the abraiding source of trouble 

 away from body. This horny substance \vhen let alone 

 will develop into a full-grown horn. That is when not 

 detached by a knife or other instrument. 



The domestic dog was the most intelligent of all 

 the carnivorous animals, and came into being under 

 about the same circumstances as the average animal of 

 like order; but he being handicapped by not having the 

 great strength of some of the greater animals, was 

 forced to use his brain. The principal development in 

 the brain of the dog being his development of the ol- 

 factory nerves, and in consequence he used his brain in 

 hunting the minute scents that w r ere buoyed by the 

 waves of aerial properties. In consequence he was the 

 first animal to make an incursion on the man with intent 

 to feed on man. He having scented the man from afar 

 off on the high plains when he was in the mountain 

 districts. In consequence he made for the plains to 

 feast on the new form of food. But when he arrived on 

 the plains where he found man, he found a worthy rival 

 both in brains and physical strength, and in conse- 

 quence he w r as overpowered and domesticated by the 

 man. 



His domestication by man w 7 as a great aid to the 

 man later in overcoming the other animals which later 

 made an incursion on the man ; the dog aiding the man 

 to overcome the other animals. In doing so getting 

 food for himself and his master. 



The elephant and like animals were many years 

 later coming into being, owing to having to await the 



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