CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 



Science, i 



The Kingdoms of Nature, i 

 Zoology, 2 

 Classification, 2 



Class I. Mammalia 

 ORDER I 

 PRIMATES 

 SUB-ORDER I 

 MAN-SHAPED ANIMALS 

 The Ape Family, 3 

 The Gorilla, 4 

 Ancestors of the Gorilla, 4 

 A Gorilla Hunt, 5 

 Du Chaillu's First Gorilla, 7 

 A Young- Gorilla, 9 

 Gorilla Superstitions, 10 

 The Chimpanzee, n 

 Docility and Sagacity of Chimpanzee, n 

 The Orang-Utan, 12 

 Habits of Orang-Utan, 12 

 Walk of Orang-Utan, 13 

 Strength of Orang-Utan, 14 

 Docility of Orang-Utan, 14 

 Orang-Utan's Intelligence, 15 



" " Affection, 15 

 The Maternal Instinct, 16 

 Gibbons, or Long-Armed Apes, 17 

 Monkeys, 18 



The Sacred Monkeys, 18 

 Long-nosed Monkey, 19 

 Cheek-pouched Monkeys, 19 

 The Baboon, 19 

 Arabian Baboon, 20 

 Baboon's Imitative Faculty, 20 



The Chackma Baboon, 21 

 Baboon's Utility, 21 

 The Tame Baboon, 22 

 Baboon's Cunning, 22 



" Loyalty, 24 



" Intelligence, 24 

 The Bonnet Monkey, 25 

 Indian Monkeys, 25 

 The Monkey Outdone, 27 

 The Monkey Aroused, 29 

 Monkey's Affection, 30 

 American Monkeys, 30 

 The Capuchin Monkey, 30 

 The Spider Monkeys, 30 

 The Howling Monkeys, 31 

 The Bearded Saki, 31 

 The Douroucouli, 32 

 The Marmosets, 32 



SUB-ORDER II 

 THE LEMURS 



The Tarsier, 33 



The Aye-Aye, 33 



ORDER II 



WING-HANDED ANIMALS 

 Bats, 35 



The Common English Bats, 36 

 The Vampire Bat, 36 

 A Traveller's Experience, 37 

 Megaderma Lyra, 38 



ORDER III 



INSECT-EATING ANIMALS 

 The Hedgehog, 39 

 The Mole, 40 

 An Enterprising Mole, 41 

 The Use of the Mole, 41 

 The Shrew, 42 



