ILLUSTRATIONS 



1. THE CIVET CAT .... Frontispiece 



2. A GENET ABOUT TO SPRING AT A 



LOURIE . . . . .To face page 4 



3. THE LARGE-SPOTTED GENET . 6 



4. THE SMALL-SPOTTED GENET . n 



5. THE SMALL GREY MUNGOOSE ATTACK- 



ING A RINGHALS COBRA . . ,, 13 



6. MIMOSA THORNS .... ,, 19 



7. THE LARGE GREY MUNGOOSE . . 22 



8. THE WATER MUNGOOSE ... ,,27 



9. A PAIR OF WATER MUNGOOSES AND 



THEIR LITTLE FAMILY ... 30 



10. THE SMALL GREY MUNGOOSE . ,, 33 



11. A PAIR OF SMALL GREY MUNGOOSES 



WITH YOUNG .... ,, 36 



12. THE SKULL OF THE SMALL GREY MUN- 



GOOSE ..... ,, 39 



13. THE WHITE-TAILED MUNGOOSE ; THE 



WHITE-TAILED MUNGOOSE, SHOW- 

 ING ITS LONG, BUSHY WHITE TAIL ,, 42 



14. THE BANDED MUNGOOSE ... ,, 45 



15. THE BUSHY-TAILED MEERKAT . ,, 48 



1 6. LIFE-HISTORY OF TERMITES . . page 54 



17. A PAIR OF BUSHY-TAILED MEERKATS To face page 55. 



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