THE DOG 135 



as you children do when you are fiUng out of 

 school. 



All over Europe sheep are tended by the sheep- 

 dogs. The master has only to speak or even look, 

 and away the dog will run to gather in the sheep 

 scattered over many miles of rough, hilly country. 

 He will bring them all together in one place, all, for he 

 does not miss a sheep. The shepherd himself could not 

 do that. If it were not for those knowing, watchful 

 sheep-dogs the shepherds would lose so many of 

 their flock in the rough Highlands of Scotland that 

 it would not pay to keep sheep there, although the 

 country is wonderfully adapted for their grazing. 



Then there are the dogs in Belgium, which have 

 been trained to draw the two-wheeled carts in which 

 the milk is carried to the cities from the farms. 

 These dogs are strong and can draw quite a heavy 

 load over the roughly paved streets. They start 

 out early in the morning and often remain in town 

 all day, lying down upon the ground to rest when 

 the farmers' wives, who walk beside the carts, stop to 

 sell the milk. The dogs of Belgium are as useful as 

 horses, while they are cheaper to keep and much 

 easier to care for. 



The Eskimo dogs are like horses, too. In the far 

 north they draw the sledges of the Eskimos. Six 

 or eight of them are harnessed together in pairs, 

 and over the rough or slippery ice they drag the 

 sledges as no other animals could, for the pads on 

 the bottom of their feet do not slip on the ice. 



Those brave men who have been away off to the 

 frozen north to try to discover the north pole, have 



