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3. Write compositions showing the extent to which any particular species, 

 as the horse or the sheep, has been helpful in the advancement of our 

 civilization, and how we should have been hampered had we been obliged 

 to get on without him. 



4. Write an account of your personal experience in taming some wild 

 animal for a pet. 



5. Write an account of your personal experience in training some young 

 domestic animal as a pet or for work. 



6. Point out in domestic animals some habit or trait that it has brought 

 down from the wild, such as the pawing of snow by horses and sheep to get 

 at the grass beneath. 



References. 1. "Animals and Plants under Domestication" (Vol. I, 

 chaps, i-viii, inclusive). Darwin. 



2. "The Breeds of Domestic Animals." Plumb. 



