. Dog and dogs. Dogs. Chapter XXI Ancient Writers OMAN, Greek and Sanskrit authors also write about the dog: Horace Vergil, Martial, Ovid (who mentions a "Canis Gallicus" in his story of Apollo and Daphne, and a dog fight- ing a wild boar in his Perseus and Andromeda), Tacitus iElian, Plutarch, Xenophon, Homer; but none, except Homer, writes with such intimate knowledge as Xenophon who has given us a most interesting treatise on hunting. Plutarch, as well as ^lian, often writes about the dog; and they tell many dog stories. Plutarch, like La Fontaine, makes use of animals to instruct
. Dog and dogs. Dogs. Chapter XXI Ancient Writers OMAN, Greek and Sanskrit authors also write about the dog: Horace Vergil, Martial, Ovid (who mentions a "Canis Gallicus" in his story of Apollo and Daphne, and a dog fight- ing a wild boar in his Perseus and Andromeda), Tacitus iElian, Plutarch, Xenophon, Homer; but none, except Homer, writes with such intimate knowledge as Xenophon who has given us a most interesting treatise on hunting. Plutarch, as well as ^lian, often writes about the dog; and they tell many dog stories. Plutarch, like La Fontaine, makes use of animals to instruct men. The Greek writer says that, when he wishes to show how far the power of nature extends, it is among animals and not among men that he seeks his models, for although the former have neither much speech nor much sub- tlety of understanding, nevertheless they show the straight path. Prohibition would not be such a vital 247. 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 Harry, Joseph Edward, 1863-. New York : J. H. Sears & company, inc.
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