CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XI. 



CONCERNING BATS. 



PAGE 



John Clare. Gnats, Bats, and Owls. Peculiarity of Position. 

 Structure of Wings. Evolutions in Air. Spallanzani's Experi- 

 ments. Exquisite Sensibility of Wing Membrane. Hearing and 

 Smell. Diurnal Retreats. Bat Caves of Jamaica. A Noisy Com- 

 munity. A Pigmy. Check on Insect Life. Winter Sleep. 

 Self-interred. Pipistrelle. Long-eared Bat. Gilbert White's 

 Noctule. Horse-shoe Bats. Vampires. Mode of attack. Kalong 

 of Java. Australian Pteropus. Popular Antipathy. Utility . 237 



CHAPTER XII. 



A MONOGRAPH OF THIS MONKEY TRIBE. 



Caricatures of Humanity. Monkey Performances. At Home in the 

 Woods. Stay-at-Home Travelling. Glimpses of Monkey Life. 

 Structure of Hands. Characteristics. Galeopithecus. Aye- Aye. 

 Lemurs. American Monkeys. Forest Lite. Douroucouli. 

 Spider Monkeys. An Improvised Bridge. A Sagacious Messenger. 

 Howlers. Baboons. Mandrill. Chacma. A Dram-Drinker 

 Cured. Wanderoo. A Grave and Reverend Seigneur. A Fatal 

 Affray. The Showman's Monkey. Metropolis of Monkeydom. 

 Monkey Shooting. Proboscis Monkey. Sacred Monkey. Is 

 greatly Venerated by the Hindoos. Cheap Revenge. Gibbons. 

 Siamang on Board Ship. Orang-Outang. Life in the Woods. 

 Hunting. A Baby Orang. Chimpanzee. Stories of the Natives. 

 A Nest-Building Ape . . . . . . . . 2.) I 



CHAPTER XIII. * 



THE GORILLA. 



The Lion of the Day. Gorilla Country. Recovered to Science. 

 Rejected by Cuvier. Supposed Reference in Periplus. Andrew 

 Battcl. Mr. T. E. Bowditch. Professor Owen's Account. A 

 Lurking Foe. M. du Chaillu at Royal Geographical Society. His 

 Book. Delusions Dispelled. Native Stones. A Portrait. At 

 Close Quarters. Eaten by Negroes. Master Joe. Perils of the 

 Hunter. Mode of Attack. Conclusion 277 



An Index ivill be found at the end of the Volume, 



