The Jackal

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“What you have just told us, Uncle Capon,” Jules remarked, “is not unlike what navigators tell us of the life of ________.”

“Nevertheless,” rejoined his uncle, “it is our own history, my friend; it is really a chapter of...

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...“to let yourself be told the simple truth, if I may venture so to express myself.”

...our painful beginnings, unskilled and almost wholly dependent on hunting for our food and clothing.

...these wild species to which is given the honor of being regarded as ancestors of the domestic dog, I will mention the jackal, which abounds in Africa as well as Asia.

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“I see,” said Louis, “how immensely useful the dog has been and still is to us; so I should like to know at what time and by whom this valuable animal was trained for our service.”