UNICORN 



and the rhinoceros, which has three; and tiu 

 even-toed, such as the pig, with four toes, and 

 cattle and deer, with two. Ungjilates are the 

 only horned mammals. 



Related Subjects. To the student who wishes 

 to make a rather thorough study of the animals 

 of this class, the following list wlll'be most help- 

 ful: 



Addax Hog 



Aipuru Horse 



Antelope Ibex 



Ass Koodoo 



Babirussa Llama 



Bighorn Moose 



Boar Mule 



Buffalo Musk Deer 



Camel Musk Ox 



Carabao Okapl 



Caribou Peccary 



Cashmere Goat Pronghorn 



Cattle Reindeer 



Chamois Rhinoceros 



Cow Rocky Mountain White 



Deer Goat 



Dromedary Roebuck 



Kland Sheep 



Elephant Springbok 



Elk Stag 



Gaur Steinbok 



Gazelle Tapir 



Giraffe Vicuna 



(Inn Wapiti 



Goat \Vart Hog 



Guanaco Yak 



Hartebeest Zebra 



Hippopotamus Zebu 



UNICORN, u'nikaurn. In the writings of 

 thf ancient Greeks and Romans, the unicorn 

 was a curious animal of the size and form of a 

 horse, which had 

 on its forehead a 

 <innlo, straight 

 horn, white at its 

 base, black in the 

 Mil-Mil- and red at 

 the tip. The 

 body of the ani- 

 mal was \\lnt.-. 

 its head red and 

 its eyes blue. No 



take it. The 



word appears in 



the Bible, but it 



is considered 



there a mistake on *** Brltlsh cont of arm *' 



in translation for "wild ox," which has been 



substituted in some places in the Revised Vcr- 



U'NIFORMS AND INSIG NIA. Uniform* 

 are the distinctive dress worn by soldiers, by 

 members of various secret and other orders, and 



THE UNICOi 

 Used an an heraldic deslim 



UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA 



h public servants as firemen, policemen 

 and railway conductors. The costume of the 

 professional nurse is also called a uniform. In- 

 signia are badges of office or distinction or of 

 rank. The much-coveted star of the French 

 Legion of Honor and the Iron Cross of Ger- 

 many are typical insignia. In the modern 

 world, both uniforms and imngnja. are asso- 

 ciated chiefly with military MTVKV. I: 

 in particular, nood to be exceedingly num-rou< 



:nguish the arms, divisions and r. 

 huge masses of armed men, where order can be 

 obtained only by donating authority through 

 many grades and making each officer answer- 

 able for the conduct of his men. 



The changed conditions of present-day war- 

 fare are reflected nowhere more strikingly than 

 in the uniforms worn by the great armies of 

 the world. When Shakespeare made Othello 

 speak so feelingly of the "pride, pomp and cir- 

 cumstance of glorious war," he was not indulg- 

 ing in childish bombast but was describing the 

 actual conditions he saw about him. For years 

 the nations of Europe vied with one another in 

 clothing their soldiers in the most splendid and 

 gorgeous of hues. The fine regiments of the 

 English home guard, in their dress uniforms, 

 are among the shows of London streets. The 

 uniforms are scarlet, blue and green, with fac- 

 ings of yellow, primrose and black, and yards 

 of gold lace. Plumed busbies or gleaming hel- 

 ith lustrous^ackboots, add to the splen- 

 dor of the effect. Scarcely less splendid and 

 colorful arc the parade costumes worn by Ger- 

 man and Austrian regiments; while the volu- 

 minous scarlet trousers worn until recently by 

 the French are famous throughout the world. 



However smart such costumes may appear in 

 time of peace, and however much they may aid 

 nu ting sergeant by increasing the spell 

 of military service, they are disadvantageous in 

 war. A modern commander would be n. 

 to regard the noble bravado that prompted 

 Nelson to go into action with all his medals 

 on his breast, thus making of himself a mark 

 for sharpshooters, as folly. Concealment, not 

 conspicuous display, is what protects the sol- 

 ilit r in t h.- !; M. and of late years military scrv- 

 forms have become neutral in tint. ohv< - 

 drab, greenish-gray and other hues which tend 

 to melt into the landscape. Such uniforms 

 ; tirpose as* the protective color- 

 ing of certain animals; they help to render the 

 wearer invisible. 



The English have worn, since the Boer War, 

 a service dress of khaki serge. The jacket is of 



