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canine races. The Eskimo dogs, on the other 

 hand, are little more than wolves in harness. They 

 look like wolves, they have the wild nature of 

 wolves, their ears stand up straight like those of 

 wolves, and their vocal utterances are more like 

 those of wolves than like the bark of ordinary 

 dogs. Wild dogs generally howl when they have 

 anything to say, while the domesticated dogs bark. 



The Scotch highlands would be useless for 

 sheep-raising if it were not for the collie. The 

 collie is a Scotch dog, and is used extensively in 

 Scotland to help in handling the sheep, because it 

 is cheaper than men. A dog will work for its 

 board, but a man will not. 



The St. Bernards are large, beautiful dogs, 

 with wonderful eyes and faces. They belong 

 chiefly to the monks of Alpine monasteries. They 

 are famous for their service in saving human life. 

 One of these dogs died some years ago wearing a 

 medal for having saved 22 human lives. All St. 

 Bernard dogs were once destroyed by an aval- 

 anche, except three. 



The bull-dog is noted for its massive jaws and 

 great will. It was probably developed in early 

 times to aid in handling cattle, especially the less 

 ruly bulls. Man must have had a pretty hard 

 time, before he invented fences, in handling his 

 cattle, which were then much wilder and ^ much 

 harder to manage than now. And he probably de- 

 veloped this breed of dogs with big strong bodies, 

 powerful jaws and will, and fearless natures, to 



