. Concerning animals and other matters. Animal behavior; Natural history. 64 EARS the face. It can fold them down backwards when the danger is a terrier and the decks are cleared for action, but that is another story. Contrast Brer Rabbit as he comes " lopin' up de big ; His ears are turning every way scouting for danger, not always in unison, but independently; but when he is at rest they are set to alarm from the flank and rear. But when he " tear out the house like the dogs wuz atter him," then they point straight back. He was made to be eaten, and he knows it. So i
. Concerning animals and other matters. Animal behavior; Natural history. 64 EARS the face. It can fold them down backwards when the danger is a terrier and the decks are cleared for action, but that is another story. Contrast Brer Rabbit as he comes " lopin' up de big ; His ears are turning every way scouting for danger, not always in unison, but independently; but when he is at rest they are set to alarm from the flank and rear. But when he " tear out the house like the dogs wuz atter him," then they point straight back. He was made to be eaten, and he knows it. So it is with the whole tribe of deer, ^j\ J and even with the horse, pam- C> pered and cared for and un- acquainted with danger; his • fti ears are a weathercock regis- tear out the house hke tering the drift of all his petty hopes and fears. I see the left ear go forward and prepare for a desperate shy at that wheelbarrow. He knows a wheelbarrow familiarly—there is one in his stall all day—but I am taking him a road he does not want to go, and so the hypocrite is going to pretend that barrow is of a dangerous sort. I prepare to apply a counter-irritant: he sees it with the corner of his eye, and both ears turn back like a tuning-fork. The size and quality of the ear serve to show how far the owner depends on it. You will never. THE DOGS WUZ ATTER ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Aitken, Edward Hamilton, 1851-1909; Bannerman, William Burney, 1858-. New York, E. P. Dutton
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