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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



German I'ciijm i ' 



told. There is now a club for the de- 

 velopment of these hounds and their 

 congeners. 



The law could profitably use these 

 animals in certain cases, and they 

 might be given to the police as 

 watchers and companions. In remote 

 quarters, where only two police agents 

 can be employed, a dog would answer 

 well as a reenforcement, and would be 

 cheaper than a man. In fact, in Ham- 

 burg, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Brunswick, 

 Oldenburg, and Strasburg the police 

 have dogs. In Paris the police have 

 a brigade of life-saving Newfound- 

 lands, who are particularly fitted and 

 used for rescuing persons from the 

 Seine. In Austria the attention of the 

 authorities has been drawn to such 

 use of these animals, while at Zurich, 

 Ghent, and Rotterdam they now form 

 part of the police force. 



It is difficult to decide which race 

 or breed is best fitted for such 



purposes. Lovers of the shepherd dog favor that race ; 

 breeders of terriers (which have already done good 

 service with the armies) recommend them highly. In 

 any case the dog must be dark in color, not too small, 

 courageous, hardened, not pampered, and possessed of 

 a keen scent. There are places on certain frontiers 

 where the customhouse officers employ dogs with great 

 success in tracking smugglers. On the other hand, it 

 often happens that the dog helps the smuggler by car- 

 rying prohibited merchandise across the frontier with 

 caution and great rapidity. 



War dogs, introduced of late into armies, never miss 

 the roll call. The Scotch shepherd dog and the Aires- 

 dale terrier have been found most suitable for both cam- 

 paign and ambulance use. They do incalculable service 

 in seeking for the wounded among bushes and under- 

 growth, where the poor fellows escape the eye of the 



Docs OF THE River Brig.ade, P.aris 



