LESSON TWO 
ANIMALS MADE USEFUL 
1. Domestic animals.—Dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep, 
swine, goats, the ass and the mule, rabbits, poultry, pig- 
eons and the birds of the aviary for centuries have been 
in contact with man. They are grouped in friendly con- 
fidence around his dwelling. 
have played an 
important. role 
in the civiliza- 
tion of the 
human race. 
Without them 
DOMESTICATED . 
Their ancestors were wild and —especially the 
dangerous. 
dog, the horse, 
the cow and the sheep—man’s develop- 
ment onward and upward would have. 
been slow and uncertain. It is a fact that 
in those countries in which the problem 
of domestication did not enter the peo- 
ple ever remained near to barbarism. 
The great drawback of the American 
Indian was his lack of a beast of burden 
for certain kinds of fatiguing work. 
2. Life cycle—The higher animals 
are born or hatch out of eggs; they 
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They live for his use and pleas- 
ure, and are, more or less, under 
his direct supervision, being fed 
and cared for by him. They 
LIFE CYCLE 
