Cuddling the cats
Girl toddler looking at a bird on a plant
Girl offering some birds some water
Girl enticing a bird with food
Feeding squirrels
Is it really for me now, father
Embraced his friend in delight
S-s-s-t!
Jean slipped her hand into the cage and drew out Goldie
Honor Bright faithfully fed all his pets
How Tessa's little brown legs did flash back and forth
Tiresome Dog
“Tiresome Dog,” by E. K. Johnson.
Milking the cow
Girl milking a cow
A mischevous goat
Catching The Cougar
Boy and girl feeding the horses
Boy and girl feeding the horses
Feeding a goat
Feeding a goat
Milking a cow
Milking a cow
Two girls feeding a cow
Two girls feeding a cow
Naughty goat!!
Naughty goat!!
Girl holding a cuddly cat
Girl holding a cuddly cat
Dancing to a Bear
This dance is executed by a female; and probably the perfection of the dance consisted in approaching and receding from the bear with great agility, so as to prevent his seizing upon her, and occasioning any interruption to the performance, which the animal, on the other hand, appears to be exceedingly desirous of effecting, being unmuzzled for the purpose, and irritated by the scourge of the juggler.
Anglo-Saxon Gleemen's Bear Dance.—X. Century
One part of the gleeman's profession, as early as the tenth century, was, teaching animals to dance, to tumble, and to put themselves into variety of attitudes, at the command of their masters. This engraving is the copy of a curious though rude delineation, being little more than an outline, which exhibits a specimen of this pastime. The principal joculator appears in the front, holding a knotted switch in one hand, and a line attached to a bear in the other; the animal is lying down in obedience to his command; and behind them are two more figures, the one playing upon two flutes or flageolets, and elevating his left leg while he stands upon his right, supported by a staff that passes under his armpit; the other dancing, in an attitude exceedingly ludicrous. This performance takes place upon an eminence resembling a stage made with earth; and in the original a vast concourse are standing round it in a semicircle as spectators of the sport, but they are so exceedingly ill drawn, and withal so indistinct, that I did not think it worth the pains to copy them. The dancing, if I may so call it, of the flute player, is repeated twice in the same manuscript.
Tutored Bear.—XIV. Century
One great part of the joculator's profession was the teaching of bears, apes, horses, dogs, and other animals, to imitate the actions of men, to tumble, to dance, and to perform a variety of tricks, contrary to their nature; and sometimes he learned himself to counterfeit the gestures and articulations of the brutes.
Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
Man and woman riding on donkeys
Man and woman riding on donkeys
Whats she got hold of now?
Dog asking what his mistress has.
Baby and Blackbird
Little toddler pointing to a blackbird
An easy-going disposition
A cat eating from the counter while a lady ignores the cat
Girl feeding birds
Girl feeding birds
Boy with bird
Boy holding a bowl with bird on it
Boy and Girl encouraging their bird to come back
Boy and Girl looking out the window encouraging their bird to come back after escaping from its cage
Sad girl holding a bird
Sad girl holding a bird
Man with a gun
Meeting at the crossroads - Two men on horses, one with a gun
Man with two horses
Man with two horses
Horse staying by his owner
Horse staying by his owner
Child looking after horse
Child looking after horse
Blacksmith shoeing horse
Blacksmith shoeing horse
Hunting with the Leopard
The mode of hunting with these animals was as follows: The sportsmen, preceded by their dogs, rode across country, each with a leopard sitting behind him on his saddle. When the dogs had started the game the leopard jumped off the saddle and sprang after it, and as soon as it was caught the hunters threw the leopard a piece of raw flesh, for which he gave up the prey and remounted behind his master
Man with little dog
Man wih cat