The earliest history of man speaks of his faithful companion, the
dog. Every schoolboy has read of the dog of Ulysses; and how, when
Ulysses returned, after a very long absence, so changed as not to be
recognized in his own house, his dog knew him immediately.

Cuvier, the great French naturalist, says that the "dog is the most
complete, the most remarkable, and the most useful conquest ever
made by man."

"Every species has become our property. Each individual is
altogether devoted to his master, assumes his manners, knows and
defends his goods, and remains attached to him until death; and all
this proceeds neither from want nor constraint, but solely from true
gratitude and real friendship."

"The swiftness, the strength, and the scent of the dog have enabled
him to conquer other animals; and, without the dog, man perhaps
could not have formed a society. The dog is the only animal which
has followed man into every part of the earth."

"The Exquimaux employ their dogs as we do horses. The dogs are made
slaves; but are docile and faithful, particularly to the women, who
manage them by kindness and gentleness. In Germany you often see
dogs drawing carts; and in London dogs are harnessed into little
carts to carry round meat for the cats."

Here Harry expressed his opinion that this was abusing the dogs.

"I am told," continued Mrs. Chilton, "that when the driver of these