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INDEX 



Cats — continued. 



use by Egyptians, 5, IG 



wild, 3, 19 



"worship, 5 

 Canielopard, see Giraffe. 

 Camels, 254-258 

 Camels'-hair brushes, 107 

 Cane, 56 



Chevy Chase ballad, 219 

 Chinchilla, 171 

 Coney, 187 



Dandy dogs, 55 

 Darley Arabian, 279 

 Deer, 210-237 



antlers, 211 



axis deer, 212 



fallow deer, 212, 221-228 

 hunting, 224 



parasitic flies, 218 



red deer, 212-221 



reindeer, 212, 234-237 



etching on reindeer horns, 

 236 



roe deer, 212, 228-234 



velvet, 187 

 Deer-leaps or saltatoria, 220 

 Deer-parks, 220 

 Dogs, 24-31 



dingo, 24 



fancy breeds, 27 



in literature, 24 



origin of domesticated, 24 



pariahs, 30 



senses, 17, 26-27 



structural characters, 25 



uses, 26 



wild dogs, 24 

 Dolphins, 75, 82 



Dormouse, seven sleeper or glire, 

 112-116 



food, 114 



hibernation, 114 



in captivity, 112 



nest, 112 



superstitions, 115 



Eclipse, 279 



Elephants, 187, 188-196 



African, 190 



brain, 190 



fossil, 191 



in art, 193 



Indian, 190 



in literature, 194-195 



legs, 189 



mammoth, 192-194 



prehistoric drawings, 193 



teeth, 189 



trunk, 188 



Avhite elephants, 195 

 Ermine, see Stoat, 51 



Fairy Hounds, 55 

 Ferret, 60 



ancient use, 60 

 Fox, 32-36 



Arctic, 35 



cubs, 34 



earth, 34 



eyes, 34 



food, 35 



fur, 33 



hunting, 32 



in churchwardens' accounts, 50 

 Flying-foxes, 173 



Giraffe, 238 



horns, 186 

 Glire, see Dormouse, 115 

 Goats, 25 i-254 



horns, 251 

 Grampus, 75 

 Grass snake, 15 

 Guinea-pig, 17 1 



Hare, 152. 158-171 

 chewing the cud, 160 

 eyes, 159 

 food, 160 

 fur, 158 



grinding his teeth, 160 

 habits described by Mr. Drane, 



160-162, 164, 165, 167 

 hare-pipes, 166 



