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are certain to come out of the encounter with 

 bleeding wounds and torn clothes. Whenever es- 

 cape seems doubtful 



STAND YOUR GROUND 



and talk to the attacking animal. Use a severe 

 tone of voice, telling him he is making a fool of 

 himself, that he has made a mistake; tell him to 

 lie down, "Charge, sir!" or anything else that hap- 

 pens to occur to you, but do not scream or yell for 

 help. Watch dogs may be animal automatons, 

 but they are not fools, and they can detect the 

 slightest signs of fear, whether it is expressed by 

 voice or manner, and when a person shows fear 

 the dogs become very aggressive. But 



DO NOT EXPERIMENT 



just for the purpose of testing these directions, 

 for although I have tried them over and over 

 agairi successfully, there is always a possibility of 

 unforeseen accidents under such circumstances, and 

 a strange 



DOG'S BITE IS ALWAYS SERIOUS. 



But whenever you are caught unawares by a self- 

 important and watchful dog, assume an air of con- 

 fident command. 



As a traveling surveyor and map maker for five 

 years my work took me into the back yards of 

 private residences, factories and breweries all over 

 our country, and not a day passed without 



