Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

THE DOG

THE HORSE

THE FLOCKS AND HERDS: BEASTS FOR BURDEN, FOOD, AND RAIMENT

DOMESTICATED BIRDS

USEFUL INSECTS

THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS

THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTICATION

INDEX

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