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Title: Tame Animals

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: September 10, 2007 [EBook #22561]

Language: English

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TAME ANIMALS
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
LONDON AND NEW YORK.
Kronheim & Co., London

TAME ANIMALS.

[Illustration]

THE HARE.

I suppose you have all seen a Hare, and perhaps many of you have
helped to eat one. The Hare is a very timid animal, running away on
the least alarm; but, poor fellow, he is too often caught by the dogs
and killed, notwithstanding his swift running. It is rather difficult
to tame Hares, but there is a very amusing account of three, named
Puss, Tiney, and Bess, written by the poet Cowper, who kept them for
some time, and one day you shall read about them. The colour of the
Hare in this country is usually brown, but white Hares are found in
very cold countries. The Hare does not burrow like the rabbit, but
makes a kind of nest called its form.

[Illustration]

THE GOAT.

The Goat ranks in general usefulness next to the sheep, and as a
domestic animal is very valuable. His chief pleasure seems to consist
in climbing from one rock to another, for which amusement his hoofs
are well adapted. The milk of the Goat is sweet and nourishing, and is
made into cheese by the mountaineers, who also eat his flesh, which is
rather tough. His skin is made into the materials called morocco
leather, and vellum; and that of the young animals, the kids, is used
to make the best kinds of gloves. The hair of some species of Goats is
soft and fine, and is woven into shawls of beautiful texture.

[Illustration]

THE COW.

Cows are very useful to mankind, in supplying them with milk from
which both butter and cheese are made. Their young ones are called
calves, and the flesh of calves is veal. A good Cow will give about
fifte