. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. lyo OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Very Fine Cheviot Ram Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhanipstead the ends of his knitting needles into his waist- band, like an old Englishwoman. The shep- herd's costume admits of all imaginable variet)*, but is never in the latest fashion. Over his or- dinary clothes he invariably wears a cloak in case of rain, though some, more effeminate, carry an umbrella slung obliquely across their backs. Nearly all the sheep have bells o
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. lyo OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Very Fine Cheviot Ram Photo J. T. Newman, Berkhanipstead the ends of his knitting needles into his waist- band, like an old Englishwoman. The shep- herd's costume admits of all imaginable variet)*, but is never in the latest fashion. Over his or- dinary clothes he invariably wears a cloak in case of rain, though some, more effeminate, carry an umbrella slung obliquely across their backs. Nearly all the sheep have bells or rattles fastened around their necks by a leather strap. The monotonous tinkling of these bells produces, es]3ecially at starting and in returning, a very pleasant sound, percepti- Ijle at great distances o\'er the moor, so that one often hears them when no sheep are in the neighborhood. The dog may belong to all possible breeds except — I was about to say — the shepherd dog, but that ma)- be going too far. It is usually some mongrel of medium size ; sometimes, though rarely, it has more or less the ty];)e of the shepherd dog. These animals are usually wide-awake, docile, and inde- fatigable. They understand every sign of their master, and at times they seem to know by intuition when a sheep is wandering from the right way. They can be troublesome, however, by their occasional rough treatment of the ewes. Sometimes they will bite them so sharply on the legs that it causes the poor creatures to bleed, andf they rush away on three feet. To avoid this some shepherds muzzle their dogs. In the evening when the flock returns slowly to the vil- lage, its coming is announced not only by the distant tink- ling of the bells, but also by the clouds of dust seen from afar, which it scuffles up. When it reaches the village it is really amazing to see the various por- tions of the large flock detach themselves and make for their own sheepcots without a word or sign from the shepherd. Ev
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