INTRODUCTION 



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museums have been drawn upon and 

 photographs of stuffed specimens and 

 groups, naturally mounted, have been 

 obtained ; but these cases are not many, 

 and though less interesting serve their 

 purpose almost as well as the " living 

 pictures " that predominate from end to 

 end of this portrait-gallery of the animal 

 life of the globe. 



Such a book as this, covering in an 

 entertaining style the whole range of 

 zoology, carefully prepared by men of 

 exact knowledge, yet avoiding technicali- 

 ties, and wholly illustrated by precise 

 reproductions of photographs, many of 

 the full size of the quarto page and colored 

 to life, is not only novel and beautiful, 

 but of high value as an educator ; and it 



WOuld Seem tO be as indispensable a part This Photograph of Mr. Walter Rothschild riding on one of his huge 



tortoises gives a good idea of the relative sixes of one of the " giant tortoises" 



of the library of every family and school- and a human being 



By ftrmission of the Hon. Walter Rothschild] 



GIANT TORTOISE 



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Photo tf Fratelli Alinarf] 



[Florenct 



A GROUP OF CROCODILIANS 



wonder of modern animal-training. Th: photograph shows a number of living crocodilians -with their trainer. They have been on 

 exhibition in Florence for some years past, and are still to be seen there 



