194 ANIMAL PEDIGREES 



include a sufficient number of these we trace the 

 side branches of our tree for some distance. 

 Finally, on the topmost twig, and in largest letters, 

 we write John Smith. 



We all have such pedigrees, whether we can 

 declare them or not ; and for the prince and the 

 pauper they are of equal length, dating back not 

 merely to the Norman Invasion of England, but 

 to the first appearance of man on the earth. 



A special point with regard to these genealogical 

 trees, and one to which attention may well be 

 directed, is their absolute truthfulness. Suppose 

 for example, you have three young friends, two of 

 whom, Tom and Dick, are brothers, while Harry, 

 the third, is their first cousin ; then the diagram, 

 or genealogical tree, representing their mutual 

 relationships will be as follows, the horizontal lines 

 marking successive generations : 



T. D. H. 



DIAGRAM B. 



Go back one generation, and Tom and Dick's lines 

 meet, for they are sons of one father. Before 

 Harry's line joins in it is necessary to go back one 

 generation further i.e., to the grandfather of our 



