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A PHIUPPINU LIVg-STOCK MAEKlJT 

 The Igorrotes are among the few tribes of the earth that habitually eat dog flesh. 



A DOG THAT TOOK PRecEDENCi; OVER NINE 

 KINGS 



Everybody, of course, knows the story 

 of the little wire-haired terrier that was 

 the favorite of King Edward VII of 

 Great Britain. On his collar was the in- 

 scription "I am Csesar, and I belong to 

 the King." When that sovereign died, 

 his favorite charger and his best loved 

 dog marched in the procession just be- 

 hind the King's coffin. Each was led by 

 a Highlander, and Caesar took precedence 

 over nine kings and nearly all the princes 

 of the earth (see page 94). 



Pompey, a spaniel, "adopted a prince.'' 

 He attached himself to the suite of Wil- 

 liam the Silent, in spite of all the efforts 

 of the prince's retainers. Later he gave 

 warning of a surprise attack on his royal 

 master's camp in time to thwart it, and 

 was credited by his sovereign with hav- 

 ing saved his life. On the monument of 

 William the Silent, at the Church of St. 

 Ursula, in Delft, Pompey is carved lying 

 at his master's feet. 



In all dogdom there are no more in- 

 teresting animals than those of the Polar 

 regions. The man who observed that 

 dogs make the Northern world go round 

 told a big story in little compass. So im- 

 portant are their services that the Com- 

 mander of the Department of the Colum- 

 bia recommended some time ago that a 

 sj'stem of pensions for those in the em- 

 ploy of the Government be established. 



Discussing the subject, he said that 

 during a tour of inspection he was dis- 

 tressed by the present practice of turning 

 the old and disabled dogs adrift. "They 

 afford the only line of communication be- 

 tween many of the army posts," said he, 

 "there being three hundred of them con- 

 stantly in the service." 



The man who has been served faith- 

 fully by one of these animals cannot 

 have the heart to kill him, and yet it is an 

 expensive business keeping dogs that can- 

 not make their way in such regions. 



Is a Pole to be discovered, man stands 

 powerless before the ice and the snow 



