PREFACE. 



The kind reception accorded by both Press and public 

 to my previous book of Natural History Essays has 

 encouraged the preparation of the present work as a com- 

 panion volume. Written on similar lines, it differs from its 

 predecessor in treating of mammalian types selected from 

 the fauna of the world rather than from that of Africa only, 

 although examples of the latter also occupy a place in its 

 pages. 



GRAHAM RENSHAW. 



Bridge House 



Sale, Manchester 



October, 1905. 



