. The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend. Dogs. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. PIu)tograph by William Henry A COLLIE OF ROYAL ANCESTRY BECAME THE MASCOT OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS Before he "joined the army," this dog of hlooded lineage bore the name of ''; Now he answers to tlie more appropriate title of "; suit. But they were no match for him in speed, and after floundering along in his wake for less than half a mile tliev stopped, turned round, and started back. The coyote, who had been running eas- ily only a few feet ahead of them, s
. The book of dogs; an intimate study of mankind's best friend. Dogs. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. PIu)tograph by William Henry A COLLIE OF ROYAL ANCESTRY BECAME THE MASCOT OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS Before he "joined the army," this dog of hlooded lineage bore the name of ''; Now he answers to tlie more appropriate title of "; suit. But they were no match for him in speed, and after floundering along in his wake for less than half a mile tliev stopped, turned round, and started back. The coyote, who had been running eas- ily only a few feet ahead of them, seemed to be completely in touch with the situa- tion. No sooner had the tired dogs turned than he wheeled about, pitched into the rear guard of the enemy, and in a running counter attack decisively whipped all three of the hounds and finally drove them back yelping into the old house from which they had come. That didn't look like cowardice; it looked like good generalship. And it isn't cowardice for an animal the size of a coyote to run away from an animal the size of a man, especially when the little wolf knows that in some mysterious man- ner his enemy can kill him when he is still a quarter of a mile away. That's a com-. 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 National Geographic Society (U. S. ); Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927; Baynes, Ernest Harold, 1868-1925. Washington, D. C. , The National geographic society
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