THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



By nine o'clock in the evening she was rest- 

 ing comfortably, with nine babies to joy her 

 motherly heart. Next morning Mr. Fred was 

 sent scouring the country for one or more fos- 

 ter-mothers. Nothing of a suitable kind could 

 be found, so we decided to resort once again to 

 bottles and goat's milk, but Victoria seemed so 

 disgusted with our interference that we con- 

 cluded to let her keep them all, for a time at 

 least. Of course she was given all she would eat 

 chopped raw beef, soup, and whole wheat 

 bread and milk, and the babies were taught to 

 lap goat's milk as soon as it was possible. Vic- 

 tor was very proud of his children, and helped 

 to look after them beautifully as soon as they 

 commenced to stagger about. 



As we didn't know the dogs' pedigrees, nor 

 anything of their ancestry, they could only be 

 sold on their face value. The two largest and 

 best-shaped males brought $50 each when nine 

 months old; the three others $25 each. The 

 females were got rid of when they were be- 

 tween three and four months old, and they 



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