Show ISLANDS NAMED FOR DOGS an that I 1 of canine independence dozens boino say cores of islands of greater or less dimensions are known as little dog dog islands big an island in tho now a part 0 london is called the isle of dogs three lofty rocky islands dear st thomas virgin islands aro known as tho great dog george dog and the west dog there are dog islands in the malayan archipelago off the coast of maine on thu coast of franklin county fla anil another in the Sc rawati group on the coast of there is an island known as the island of talking dogs the curious story connected with this of land and the one that gives it the name it bears is this to an asiatic legend the first inhabitants of the far north did not dogs butr drew their tal rue rib sleds themselves after ague had men amadii an to aae the dogs of that region which by abo wenyi tal ked just aa inon doas beasts of burden the talking dogot however argued tho case with their would bo master and were not long in proving that they had enough to do to catch game and the children of men but abo men learned the of the bow and arrow and the cloar thua raining the occupation of the talking dogs again no was enado to harness to bleds but they rebelled and all warn out to the island afterward known as the island of abo talking dogs here the gauno was and tho dogs soon tunica cannibals and by the end of UK first winter there were only seven loft some human volunteered to row nut to abo island and bring off the remnant of the iba colony butcho dogs to barren ing ahi people we havo never seen you beloro for this untruth chanil the dog god took their boloca away from them and this day they have awn the dumb eer vanta of iuan palla 1 |