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c. The guidance of the blind or helpless. 



d. The discovery of lost travellers and property. 



e. The defence of persons or property. 



/. The saving of life in shipwreck or otherwise. 



y. The capture and home-bringing of runaway or 

 stray animals. 



h. The guidance and guardianship, including the 

 nursing, of children ; the management of teams 

 of horses and flocks of sheep. 



i. Hunting down certain animals so as not to injure 

 their fur. 



j. The bearing, draught, and carriage of burdens. 



k. Begging for behoof of their masters, and so sup- 

 porting them. 



I. Capturing or collecting food for man, as in birds or 

 dogs fishing for their human masters, including, 

 for instance, the gathering of cocoa-nuts by 

 monkeys as hired labourers, described as 

 6 monkey coolies,' in Ceylon. 



ra. The performance of various duties, mostly of 

 a mechanical nature, some of them, however, 

 requiring a considerable amount of mental 

 exertion, such as 



1. Drawing carriages or guns. 



2. Piling timber. 



3. Fitting drain or other pipes. 



4. Turning kitchen spits. 



5. Working the bellows. 



6. Tending engine or other fires. 



7. Playing the barrel organ. 



n. The judicial punishment of man or other animals, 

 the execution of man's sentences on fellow-man, 

 as by the elephant in India or the blood hound 

 in Cuba. 



o. Use in war, in aiding or defending man for in- 

 stance, in the intimidation of his enemies 

 including the display of coolness in battle. 



p. Various arts of deception, such as those involved 

 in smuggling and brigandage. 



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