. Country Life Reader . d de chevaux sauvages il est apparu un splendide groupe de races modernes, de chevaux de trait belges fins, de percheronsde France, de Clydesdales d'Écosse et de Shires fromEngland, de trotters américains et de pur-sang d'EngUsh, et de chevaux de calèche fins de toute sorte possible. Quand Chris regarda voir ce qui était devenu du packof loups, il pouvait à peine croire ses yeux. Un tel assortiment de chiens qu'il n'avait jamais vu auparavant ! Il lui parait que chaque taille et chaque race imaginables de chien doit être là, car il ne pouvait même pas commencer à distinguer toutes les variétés, et encore moins à les nommer.

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. Country life reader . d of wild horses there appeared a splendid group ofmodern breeds, fine Belgian draught-horses, fiery Percheronsfrom France, Clydesdales from Scotland and Shires fromEngland, American trotters and EngUsh thoroughbreds, and fine carriage-horses of every possible kind. When Chris looked to see what had become of the packof wolves, he could scarcely believe his eyes. Such anassortment of dogs he had never seen before! It seemedto him that every imaginable size and breed of dog mustbe there, for he could not even begin to distinguish all thevarieties, much less to name them. The buffalo, too, had gone, and all the other queer-looking cattle with them, and their place was takennow by Holsteins, Ayrshires, and Jerseys and Guernseys, and beef breeds such as Shorthorns, Herefords, and Gallo-ways, which Chris had seen with his father at the fallfair. And beyond them, where the camels and llamas andmountain-sheep had appeared only a moment before, there were gathered now a flock of sheep and lambs.. 18 COUNTRY LIFE READER Southdowns, Shropshires, and Cheviots; long-woolledLeicesters and Cotswolds, and wrinkled Merinos, and halfa dozen other kinds which Chris had never seen before.The tent seemed less crowded now, too, for the elephantand rhinoceros and all the other big animals had gone andin place of them there appeared a drove of grunting swine—black Berkshires and Poland-Chinas, red-haired Duroc-Jerseys, and large-boned Chester-Whites, and other well-known breeds. During all this time Chris had been so interested inwhat was going on in the pit that he had forgotten allabout the other people who were looking on. And nowwhen he looked around, you may imagine his surprise tofind that the crowd were all gone, and that his fatherand he were left alone; and, stranger still, when Chrislooked back to the pit it was quite empty. The splendidhorses and cattle and dogs and sheep and swine had alldisappeared as quickly and mysteriously as they had come.And now Ch

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