CONTENTS 



ORDER IV 

 FLESH-EATING ANIMALS 



SUB-ORDER I 

 THE FISSIPEDIA 

 Animals of the Cat Kind, 43 

 The Lion, 44 

 Lion's Character, 44 

 Attitude towards Man, 45 

 The Better Part of Valour, 46 

 Lion's Strength, 47 



" Affection, 48 



" Docility, 48 

 Androcles, 49 

 A Lion Hunt, 50 

 A Thrilling Experience, 52 

 Attacked by a Lion, 53 

 A Night Surprise, 55 

 A Lion Outwitted, 56 

 Old Instincts and New Opportunities, 56 

 The Tiger, 57 

 Tigers' Ravages, 58 

 An Intrepid Hunter, 60 

 The Leopard, 61 

 Leopard's Tenacity of Life, 61 

 Hunters Hunted, 63 

 The Jaguar, 64 

 Jaguar's Strength, 65 

 A Night of Horror, 65 

 The Puma, 67 

 Puma's Ferocity, 67 

 Animals and Men, 68 

 The Ocelot, 69 

 The Clouded Tiger, 70 

 The Serval, 70 

 Common Wild Cat, 70 

 Domestic Cat, 71 

 Cat Superstitions, 71 

 Cat as a Hunter, 72 

 Cat and Her Young, 72 

 Cat as a Foster Mother, 73 

 Cat as a Traveller, 74 

 Cat as a Sportsman, 75 

 Cat's Intelligence, 75 

 The Lynx, 76 



The Chetah as Huntsman, 78 

 The Civits, 79 

 The Ichneumon, 79 

 Dormant Instinct, 80 

 The Aard Wolf, 80 

 The Hyasna, 80 

 Striped Hyaena, 82 

 Spotted Hyaena, 82 

 A Narrow Escape, 83 

 Animals of the Dog Kind, 84 

 The Wolf, 84 

 The Fox, 85 

 The Jackal, 86 

 Wolf's Mode of Attack, 86 



Wolf's Cunning, 87 



" Cowardice, 88 

 Hunted by Wolves, 88 

 A Terrible Alternative, 89 

 A Marvellous Escape, 89 

 Tame Wolves, 90 

 The Cunning of the Fox, 90 

 The Fox as a Hunter, 91 

 A Fox Hunt, 92 

 The Arctic Fox, 93 

 Wild Dogs, 93 

 The Dog, 94 

 Dog's Understanding, 95 



" Sense of Locality, 97 

 Dog Friendships and Enmities, 99 



" Language, 100 

 Dog's Intelligence, 101 



" Mistakes, 104 

 Eskimo Dogs, 104 

 A Hard Lot, 106 

 Newfoundland Dog, 107 

 Newfoundland's Generosity, 108 



" Perception of Dan- 



ger, 109 

 Sense of Right and 



Wrong, in 

 " Fidelity, 112 



Newfoundland under Training, 112 

 The Sheep Dog, 114 

 Sheep Dog's Sagacity, 115 



" " Fidelity, 117 

 The St. Bernard, 119 

 St. Bernard at Work, 121 

 The Greyhound, 122 

 Greyhound's Affection, 123 

 The Lurcher, 124 

 The Bloodhound, 125 

 Scent of the Bloodhound, 126 

 The Stag Hound, 127 

 A Stag Hunt, 127 

 The Fox Hound, 128 

 Fox Hound's Tenacity, 128 

 The Harrier, 129 

 The Beagle, 129 

 The Dalmatian Dog, 130 

 The Turnspit, 130 

 Turnspit's Sagacity, 130 

 The Pointer, 130 

 Pointer's Intelligence, 131 

 The Setter, 132 

 Pointers and Setters, 132 

 Sagacity of the Setter, 133 

 The Spaniel, 134 

 Blenheim Spaniel and Cats, 135 

 Water Spaniel as a Witness, 135 

 The Terrier, 136 

 The Mastiff, 136 

 Fidelity of the Mastiff, 136 

 Intelligence of the Mastiff, 137 

 The Mastiff as Protector, 137 



