CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



ANIMAL RENEGADES. 



1 V.GH 



Nature vs. Slavery— Secret Protestantism— Our Truant Pets— Dogs 

 —Their Night-Rambles— Private Business— Proofs Positive— A 

 Practical Argument— Gadding Cats— How Tomcats spend their 

 Summer Vacations— Bush-Pork— The Goats of the Tyrolese Alps 

 —Animal Renegades— Rebellion en masse — Wild Horses and 

 Cows— Ownerless Dogs — Cabras Pardas — Wild-Cats and Feld- 

 .1 — Bactrian Camels— The Wild Asses of Yemen— Burkhardt's 

 Conjecture — Reappearance of old Race-Habits — The Khelp el 

 Khamr— Eating a Sheik— My Mexican Friend — El Perro pelon — 

 Tramp-Dogs— Business Practice— A Provident Puppy — Treasure- 

 trove— Buddhistic Ethics— Broomstick Logic— A Declaration of 

 Independence — Pampa Curs — The Canis Azarae — Sierra Goats — 

 Spontaneous Reversion — The Wild Cattle of the Brazos — Le 

 Bidet Sauvage — An Equine Outlaw — Adventure in the Sambre 

 Highlands — The Price of Liberty — Nemesis — Syrian Dogs — Dr. 

 Tanner's Rivals — Chances for a Sausage-maker — Black-muzzled 

 Cows — Hyena-Heads — A Singular Character-Trait — Mobbed by 

 Mustangs — Wild Camels — Dangerous Travelling — Esprit de Corps 

 — The Chinaco's Dog — Revenge by Proxy — A Werewolf's Den — 

 Facing his Foes — An Unequal Combat — La Mort san> Phrase — 

 Carrion-Eaters — An Unnatural Appetite — Dietetic Experiments — 

 Communistic Insurrections — The Autocrat of the Animal Kingdom 

 — Captain Kellerman — Misplaced Confidence — Into the Jaws of 

 Death — An Appeal for Charity — Obstreperous Beggars — A Fatal 

 Mistake— Orphan Puppies— The Tramp-Bitch— Foster-Children — 

 An Errand of Mercy — Nocturnal Visits — Higher Duties . -159 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PETS. 



Natural Selection— Non-egotistical Instincts— Duties in Disguise— 

 The Purpose of the Pet-Mania— Animals in Danger of Extermina- 



