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William Gordon Stables Quotes

1840–1910 Scotland

William Gordon Stables (published as Gordon Stables; 21 May 1840 – 10 May 1910) was a Scottish medical doctor and surgeon in the Royal Navy, medical columnist, and author of several non-fiction books and more than 100 boys' adventure novels, usually with a nautical or historical setting. Stables was a leading authority on dogs.

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Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confining her attention to mice alone. The very presence of a cat about a house will usually suffice to keep these destructive pests at bay; and if one should pop out of its hole, it knows, or ought to know, what to expect.

The Domestic Cat (1876)

In general appearance the St. Bernard is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, in which sagacity is blended with nobility, and a body of great symmetry, combining, one might say, the agility of the Newfoundland with the strength of the British Mastiff.

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