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ANIMAL PEDIGREES. 
May, 1891. 
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Diagram A. 
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. 
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 young friends, who was one and the same 
person for all three, and who forms the true link or bond of 
union between them. If once these relationships are deter¬ 
mined correctly, and the diagram constructed aright then it 
