4 o TAILS 



with which the whole body is charged cannot be 

 wholly restrained, and oozes out at the point of the 

 tail. " 



Every emotion and passion takes this course. 

 The happy kid wags its tail as it runs to its mother, 

 the donkey when it has executed a successful bray, 

 and the dog when it sees its master. At the sight 

 of a rival the dog holds its tail up stiffly, unless, 



AT THE SIGHT OF A RIVAL THE DOG HOLDS ITS TAIL UP STIFFLY 



indeed, the rival is a bigger dog than itself, in which 

 case the index goes down quickly between the legs. 

 An elated horse elevates its tail, and so does a duck 

 in the same mood. A lizard preparing to fight 

 another lizard 



Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail, 



and the raging lion of fiction lashes its sides with 

 the same nervous instrument. 

 It would be tedious to dwell on the pretty part 



