CONTENTS. 



PREFACE FOR PARENTS Page 9 



PREFACE FOR CHILDREN . 13 



ANIMALS. 



The Horse Page 29 



The Mule 33 



The Ox 34 



The Dog ........ 37 



The Monkey 38 



The Guanaco 41 



The Puma 44 



The Jaguar 46 



The Bizcacha 48 



The Seal - . . 50 



The Whale 52 



The Porpoise ........ 53 



The Lizard 56 



The Tortoise . 60 



The Toad 



The Cuttle-fish 



The Cormorant 



The Penguin 



The Condor 



The Ostrich 



The Casarita . ' 



Tame Birds on Desert Islands 



The Grasshopper 



The Locust 



The Ant 



The Wasp 



The Spider 



The Crab . 



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MAN. 



The Savage ....... 92 



The Fuegian 93 



The Patagonian 104 



The Indian of the Pampas . .105 



The Negro Ill 



The Gaucho .116 



The La Platan 124 



The Uruguayan 125 



The Chileno 128 



The Spaniard 132 



The Tahitian 135 



The Australian Negro . . . .138 



