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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. DECEMBER TO 

 FEBRUARY 



Of the many thousands of wild animals but few have 

 proved profitable for man to domesticate. How important 

 these dumb creatures have been in the progress of civiliza- 

 tion, we shall see in the course of our lessons. Some pro- 

 vide us with food and clothing; others carry burdens or 

 draw heavy loads ; a few are kept for the pleasure they give 

 us. Did it ever occur to you that we should, in all proba- 

 bility, still be savages if our ancestors had not tamed and 

 domesticated some such animals as horses and cattle ? No 

 native American tribe or nation possessed a domestic ani- 

 mal as strong as horses, mules, or oxen. 



42. The Dog. 



MATERIAL : The following will be found helpful, if they can be pro- 

 cured: Pictures of different varieties of dogs; a clean skull, to show 

 the dentition. Previous observations : Teeth of dogs ; their food ; 

 what dogs can learn ; their watchfulness, faithfulness ; difference in 

 individual characters ; dogs drawing sleds and carts. Pupils may 

 supply incidents illustrating the intelligence of animals, but the 

 teacher must not let them side-track her. 



Nearly all our domestic animals have been tamed and 

 domesticated by man in prehistoric times. All evidence we 

 can procure shows that the dog was the first animal help- 

 mate and companion to man. In the stone age, when man 



Observations. Learn to recognize the following trees in their winter 

 condition : 



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