WHERE CATS AND DOGS ARE BURIED.
FAMOUS ANIMAL (KMETEKIKS
Ihe hirge-t and best-appointed animal cemetery in the world is undoubtedly that which still remains attached to the ruined Summer Palace in I'el.uig. Here repose, m eoMins of polished orris-wood elaborately carved, more til all a thousand dogs. the defunct pet-s of former Kniperors of China.
rhe tombstones arc ot marble, but a i -rt iin number are of agate and ebony inlaid with silver. At the sinking oi' ♦lie Palate by the allied Furopean troops in l!!l!(t considerable loot was obtained from this unique burial piece.
Coining nearer heme, over.J'odv has heard of the '"Dogs' Cemetery'' sit'iated behind the keeper's cottage at Victoria (late, Hyde IVk. lice are int civd some tr.vo bundred dogs and a.hout a. dozen eat-. Fe b grave is l>etwvn two and three feet in depth, and som-> contain ■;:« ruanv as three dotrs. each in its s'para'.e liitle coffm. The ; -"s of all classes < f -o-iefy are reprc- •:-•.! tel.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 243, 19 January 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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163WHERE CATS AND DOGS ARE BURIED. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 243, 19 January 1917, Page 2 (Supplement)
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