LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



i. Cimarron Dogs . 



2. The Chacma Baboon 



3. Total Depravity 



4. Unrequited Love 



5. Salto Mortale . 



6. Misplaced Confidence 



7. Martyrs to Free Inquiry 



8. Winter Quarters 



9. A Steep Alternative . 



10. A New Departure 



11. Prepaying the Debt of Nature 



12. A Slothful Family 



13. A Vantage-Ground 



14. Reconnoitring . 



15. Sunday Morning 



16. Children of Erebus . 



17. A Vampire-Trap 



18. A Fox-Chase in the Air 



19. The Pets of the Mahakhund 



20. Four-handed Lazzaroni 



21. The Limits of Human Patience 



22. Bactrian Camels 



23. Mustang Cows . 



24. Wild Dogs 



25. " Juanita" . 



26. Strange Messmates 



27. The Ger- Eagle . 



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