LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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1. Cimarr6n Dogs ........ Frontispie*. 



2. The Chacma Baboon ........ 25 



3. Total Depravity ......... 29 



4. Unrequited Love ......... 39 



5. Salto Mortale .., . . 46 



6. Misplaced Confidence . . . i . . . .48 



7. Martyrs to Free Inquiry ,' . . . . . . 52 



8. Winter Quarters ' . . ., .- f". . . . . .64 



9. A Steep Alternative . . . . . . . . . 71 



10. A New Departure . , . . . . . . . -85 



11. Prepaying the Debt of Nature ....... 87 



12. A Slothful Family . . , . . . . .89 



13. A Vantage-Ground ... . . . . . 101 



14. Reconnoitring . . . . . . . . . .105 



15. Sunday Morning ......... 107 



16. Children of Erebus . . . - . ..'.,. . ..117 



17. A Vampire-Trap . , . . . . . . .123 



18. A Fox-Chase in the Air . . . . . . . . 127 



19. The Pets of the Mahakhund 137 



20. Four-handed Lazzaroni . . . . . . . .147 



21. The Limits of Human Patience . . . . . . 155 



22. Bactrian Camels . . .'.'-. . . . . 163 



23. Mustang Cows . . . .. . . . . -'71 



24. Wild Dogs . . . . 175 



25. "Juanita". . . . ... . . . .187 



26. Strange Messmates ..... . . . . . . 193 



27. The Ger-Eagle . ... . . . . . .197 



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