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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Pace 



"Pups! Pups!" 45 



" Ladies, come in ! " 45 



A Walk witli a Dog on a Chain is often but Half a 



PMeasure 4^1 



Choose between Me and your Machine 46 



Agreeable Promenade for the Dog 47 



Articles used for the Feeding of Dogs 47 



Indispensable Articles for the Kennel and Wardrobe 



of Dogs 4S 



A Dog ought to eat with Pleasure 48 



He ought never to have too much to eat 49 



A Good Combing 49 



Comb off the Dead Hair 50 



Toilet Completed 50 



Maternal Cares 51 



Young Mastiffs 52 



Young Basset Hounds — German 52 



How to Lift a Young Dog 53 



How not to Lift Him 53 



Burying the Dog 54 



A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society . . 55 



German Police Dog 56 



Dogs of the River Brigade, Paris 56 



Bloodhounds: the Quarry is Found 57 



A Brigade of Life-Saving Dogs organized by ^L Lepine, 



Prefect of Police at Paris 57 



German War Dog 58 



St. Bernard (German Type) 58 



St. Bernard 59 



A Splendid Lot of St. Bernards 59 



Overwrought Draft Dog 60 



A Fine Team 60 



Dogs of the Customs Service at Roubaix 61 



Ready to Start 61 



Customhouse Otiftcers and their Dogs 62 



An Arrest 62 



Ready to obey Orders 63 



'Careful Bringer of Game 63 



Charging, after bringing it Home 64 



Playing Chess 64 



A Sporting Dog should seize cautiously 65 



Retrieving from the River 65 



Charging after the Shot is fired 65 



Circus Training 66 



A Difficult Feat which requires Long Practice ... 66 



Judging Dogs for E.xhibition 67 



Conscious of his Victories (17 



Dog trying to cross the Frontier with Contraband 



Goods 68 



A Promising Young Dog 68 



Decorated with Champion's Cross 69 



Traveling Cage 69 



Traveling Basket 69 



Trained to hunt Rats 70 



Driving out after an Illness 71 



Blue-White, Long-Haired Male Cat 74 



Persian Cat, " .Silvery Jessamine " 75 



Cat of Bubastis, Ancient Egypt 76 



Sunning Herself 77 



Half-Wild Burmah Cat 77 



Midday 78 



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Ten at Night yg 



Si-\ in the Evening 79 



.Apparently .Asleep, but watching a Mouse 80 



Dangerous Situation for the Cockatoo 80 



On the Watch 81 



Tolerance Si 



Little Miscreants 82 



Spanish Cat of Three Colors 82 



Long-Haired Cat in Four Colors — Black, White, 



Brown, and Blue S3 



Tabbies S3 



Young White Cat 84 



Blue Persian Cat 84 



A Celebrated Tabby. A Prize Winner 85 



White Persian of Great Beauty 85 



Blue Persian Cat 86 



Siamese Cat 86 



Male Angora Cat 87 



Female Angora Cat 87 



Blue Cat with a very Remarkable Head 88 



Nursing Mother 88 



Brown Angora Cat (Male) 89 



Celebrated Persian Cat, " Fulma Zaidee " 89 



Young Tricolor Cat 90 



Uses of an Old Hat gi 



Booted Cat gi 



A Dangerous Plaything 92 



Mischief g2 



Making .Acquaintance with Photography g2 



Climbing g3 



" They mean to fling me into the Water " g4 



A Horse (front view) g6 



A Family Party 97 



Half-Blood Mare of Holstein 98 



Head of Horse born White (Albino) g8 



Our Faithful Friends 98 



On the Road in Ohio gg 



Spotted Horses of the Steppes gg 



Cossacks of the Guard (Russia) 100 



Ready for Transport (Libou, Russia) 100 



Horse Market, Utrecht, Holland loi 



Bitjoug Stallion (Russian) 102 



Orloff Mare (Russian Trotter) 102 



Oldenburg Coach Horse (Mare) 103 



Same Horse Trotting 103 



Blue-White Mare (German Coach Horse) 104 



Light Bay Oldenburg Mare 104 



Pinzgau Horses (German Half-Blood) 105 



Half-Blood Hungarian (Jucker) 106 



French Coach Horse Ic6 



Half-Blood Hungarian (Jucker) 106 



French Saddle florse 107 



French Draft Horse 107 



Percheron 108 



Breton Pony log 



The English Thoroughbred Running Horse .... 109 



Hunter "Tom Brown" no 



Hackneys no 



Stallion Polo Pony, " Mootrub " no 



Welsh Pony with Foal n i 



Shetland Ponies in 



