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TWO FASHIONABLE FURS 2 C>7 



THE SEA-OTTER AND ITS EXTERMINATION . . . .217 



A GIANT AMONG SEALS 325 



THE FLYING-SQUIRRELS OF ASIA AND AFRICA . . . .235 



THE BEAVER IN NORWAY 244 



THE EXTINCT QUAGGA 352 



ANCIENT AND MODERN HIPPOPOTAMUSES 261 



THE DEER OF THE PEKING PARKS .... 2 ;i 



FOUR-HORNED SHEEP . . 2 g o 



MUSK-OXEN IN ENGLAND . . , . . . . 2 8; 



THE WILD OX OF EUROPE . , , . . . . . 293 



THE SMALLEST WILD CATTLE , .303 



ARMOUR-CLAD WHALES '. , . . . . . 308 



SLOTHS AND THEIR HAIR . . . . . . 314 



BLIND CAVE- ANIMALS . ... . ' . . . .322 



GIANT LAND-TORTOISES . / . . . . . .331 



SOME STRANGE NURSING HABITS . ... ." .341 



THE COLOURS OF COWRIES. . . .... . 351 



BREEDING HABITS OF FROGS AND TOADS . . . . .361 



SCORPIONS AND THEIR ANTIQUITY . . . . . . 368 



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