INDEX 



287 



Hare — continued. 



mesmerised by stoats and 

 weasels, 155 



sense of hearing. 165 



sounds made by liares, 164 



supei-stitions, 168, 169 

 Hare-lip, 103 

 Hartebeest, 254 

 Hart's leap, 217 

 Hedgehog, 83, 84 



food, 84 



in churchwardens' accounts, 

 50 



killing snakes, 85 



nest, 84 



superstitions, 85 

 Hippopotamus, 197, 198 



bloody sweat, 198 



fossil remains, 198 

 Hob, 52 



Hollow horns, 240 

 Holt or hover, 65 

 Hoofed animals, see Ungulates, 



185 

 Horses, 263-284 



distinction from asses, 264 

 Horse, 265-284 



ambling, 278 



Arab, Barb, Turk, 275 



bar, 271 



cave-horse, 274, 275 



chestnuts, 264, 266, 267 



comparison of skeletons, man 

 and horse, 267-270 



ergots, 267 



evidence of the early use of 

 horses, 273-275 



fossil horses, 281-283 



Hipparion, 282 



hobbies, 279 



in ancient Egypt, 274 



in Assyria, 275 



in Bayeux tapestry, 281 



in wai', 281 



Libyan, 276 



mark, 271, 272 



Mongolian, 273 



Old English black, 276 



Horse — cmtinued. 



origin of domesticated horses 

 discussed, 275, 276 



prehistoric sketches, 273 



race-horses and thoroughbreds 

 279-281 



Suffolk punch, 278 



Shire horse, 276 



teeth, 270-272 



three-toed horse, 281 

 Humble bees and red clover, 16 

 Hydrophobia, 31 

 Hyrax, rock-badger or dassie, 187 



Ichneumon, 23 

 Insectivora, 83-100 



food, 83 



teeth, 83 

 Irish elk, 212, 228, 237 



Jackal, 25 

 Jaguar, 20, 22, 23 



Kestrel, 16 



Kiang, 264 



Kine or Keen, 56, 57 



Lemming, 53 

 Leopard, 20, 22 

 Liber Eliensis, 229 

 Lion, 20 

 eye, 21 

 Llama, 258 

 Lynx, 20 



Marmot, 171 

 Marten, 57 

 beech, 57 

 pine, 57 



in churchwardens' accounts, 50 

 Meerkat, 23 

 Mice, 10, 16, 116-124 

 and hyacinth bulbs, 122 

 harvest mouse, 116 

 nest, 117 

 in captivity, 118 

 prehensile tail, 118 

 house mouse, 123, 124 



