CONTENTS 



IX 



The Bull Dog, 138 



The Poodle, 139 



The Shoe-black's Poodle, 139 



Weasels, Otters, and Badgers, 140 



The Polecat, 140 



The Weasel. 140 



Weasel and Kite, 141 



The Common Otter, 141 



The Badger, 142 



The Ratel and the Skunk. 143 



The Skunk, 144 



The Raccoon and the Coati, 145 



The Bear, 145 



The Polar Bear, 146 



The Black Bear, 147 



Docility of the Bear, 148 



The Grizzly Bear, 149 



The Brown Bear, 151 



Bruin and the Honey, 151 



The Malayan Bear, 151 



SUB-ORDER II 

 THE PINNIPEDIA 

 Sea Lions, 152 

 Sea Bears, 153 

 The Walrus, 154 

 The Common Seal, 155 

 The Seal's Docility, 156 



ORDER V 



WHALES AND DOLPHINS 

 The Right Whale, 158 

 The Sperm Whale, 159 

 The Dolphin, 159 

 The White Whale, 160 

 The Narwhal, 160 

 The Porpoise, 161 

 The Grampus, 161 



ORDER VI 

 The Sea Cow, 162 



ORDER VII 

 HOOFED ANIMALS 

 The Horse, 162 

 The Arabian Horse, 163 

 Affection for his Owner, 165 

 The Domestic Horse, 166 

 The Structure of a Horse, 167 

 The Horse's Speed, 169 

 The Horse's Endurance, 170 

 The Horse's Memory, 171 

 The Force of Habit, 172 

 Intelligence of the Horse, 174 

 Horse-Play, 176 

 Horses and Dogs, 177 

 The Ass, 178 

 Sagacity of the Ass, 180 

 Instinct of the Ass, 181 



The Trained Ass, 182 



The Mule and the Hinny, 183 



The Zebra, 183 



The Tapir, 183 



The Rhinoceros, 184 



Rhinoceros Hunting, 186 



The Tame Rhinoceros, 187 



The Hippopotamus, 188 



The Haunt of the Hippopotami, 189 



The Pig Family, 190 



The Boar, 190 



The Common Hog, 191 



The Babiroussa, 192 



The Peccary, 192 



The Camel and the Dromedary, 192 



Strength and Endurance of the Camel, 



193 



The Camel and his Master, 194 

 Camel Riding, 195 

 A Camel's Revenge, 195 

 The Terrors of the Desert, 196 

 The Llama, 198 

 The Deer, 198 

 The Red Deer, 199 

 A Stag Hunt, 200 

 The Tame Stag, 201 

 The Reindeer, 201 

 The Moose or Elk, 204 

 The Fallow Deer and the Roebuck, 204 

 The Giraffe, 205 

 The History of the Giraffe, 205 

 Hollow-Horned Ruminants, 206 

 The Bull, the Bison and the Buffalo, 



207 



The Bull, the Ox, the Cow, 207 

 The Bull, 208 

 The Brahmin Bull, 209 

 The Ox, 209 

 The Cow, 210 

 The Pride of a Cow, 210 

 The Bison, 211 

 Hunting the Bison, 212 

 The Buffalo, 213 

 Hunting the Indian Buffalo, 213 

 The Cape Buffalo, 214 

 Hunting the Cape Buffalo, 215 

 The Zebu, 216 

 The Yak, 216 

 The Antelopes, 216 

 The Gazelle, 217 

 The Sheep and the Goat, 217 

 The Intelligence of the Sheep, 218 

 Animals and Music, 218 



ORDER VIII 



The Elephant, 219 

 The Wild Elephant, 220 

 Elephant Herds, 221 

 Elephant Friendships, 223 



