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Title: Domesticated Animals
Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization

Author: Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Release Date: May 23, 2008 [EBook #25568]

Language: English

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[Illustration: AFRICAN ELEPHANT]

DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

THEIR RELATION TO MAN AND TO HIS
ADVANCEMENT IN CIVILIZATION

BY

NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER

DEAN OF THE LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF
HARVARD UNIVERSITY

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1908

COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION, 1

THE DOG

Ancestry of the Domesticated Dogs.--Early Uses of the Animal:
Variations induced by Civilization.--Shepherd-dogs: their
Peculiarities; other Breeds.--Possible Intellectual
Advances.--Evils of Specialized Breeding.--Likeness of Emotions
of Dogs to those of Man: Comparison with other Domesticated
Animals.--Modes of Expression of Emotions in Dogs.--Future
Development of this Species.--Comparison of Dogs and Cats as
regards Intelligence and Position in Relation to Man, 11

THE HORSE

Value of the Strength of the Horse to Man.--Origin of the
Horse.--Peculiar Advantage of the Solid Hoof.--Domestication
of the Horse.--How begun.--Use as a Pack Animal.--For
War.--Peculiar Advantages of the Animal for Use of Men.--Mental
Peculiarities.--Variability of Body.--Spontaneous Variations
due to Climate.--Variations of Breeds.--Effect of the Invention
of Horseshoes.--Donkeys and Mules compared with Horse.--Especial
Value of these Animals.--Diminishing Value of Horses in Modern
Civilization.--Continued Need of their Service in War, 57

THE FLOC