NATURAL HISTORY. 



PAGF 



;ERARDIUS-BOTTLEHEAD, OR COMMON BEAKED WHALE SPERM 

 WH \LE -Description Range Fishery Incidents of the Chase Habits 

 ncd-Watmento S f the Carcass-SHORT-HEAi.ED WHALE, OR SNUB-NOSED CAOHAIKW-DOLPHINS-CAAING, 

 o^ CT WH^: Risso's GRAMPUS-COMMON PORPOISE-KILLER WHALE, ^^%g^ 

 -COMMON DOLPHIN-BOTTLE-NOSE DOLPHIN-WHITE WHALE-NARWHAL-THL WHALEBONE WHALES 



^lebone-GREENLAND.OR RIGHT WHALE-BlSCAY WHALE-JAPAN WHALE-CAPE WHALE-SOUTH PACIFIC 



W VIE- Description of the Greenland Whale -Their Food and Mode of Feeding- Habits-Huntmg-Treatment 

 of Carcass-HuMp-BACKED WHALES-FIN WHALES, OR RORQUALS-SIBBALD'S. RORQUAL-SULPHUH-BOTTOM 

 WHALE-COMMON RORQUAL, OR RAZOR-BACK-LESSER RoRQUAL-Concluding Remarks 245 



ORDER SIRENIA (THE MANATEES). 



Introductory Remarks Mermaids- Position General Characteristics of the Order STELLER'S RHYTINA Habits 

 Extiuct Dugong Range Habits Uses Teeth MANATEE Distribution Peculiar Mouth Mode of Feeding- 

 Story of "Patcheley," a Tame Manatee Halitherium and other Fossil Forms 268 



ORDER PROBOSCIDEA (ELEPHANTS). 



Order Proboscidea Antiquity of the Elephant -Referred to in the Bible Mentioned in the Apocrypha - War Elephants 

 Their Accoutrements Hannibal's Elephants Elephants amongst the Romans Skull Dentition Vertebra - 

 Odd Delusion about its Legs Proboscis Species THE INDIAN ELEPHANT Size Range Habits Various Modes 

 of Capture Keddah Used as a Labourer or Nurse Sagacity White Elephants THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT 

 Characteristics Range Habits and Haunts Hunting Pitfalls Aggageers Chasing Elephant-Shooting How 

 the Natives Cut it up FOSSIL ELEPHANTS AND THEIR ALLIES Absurd Stories MAMMOTH How it was first 

 Found Story of the Fourth or Benkendorf's Discovery Range MASTODON DINOTHERIUM . . . .273 



ORDER HYRACOIDEA (CONIES). 



What is the Coney ? Mention in the Bible General Appearance Real Place Range Varieties Coney of the Bible 

 Cape Coney Ashkoko of Abyssinia Mr. Winwood Reade's Account of the Habits of the Cape Coney Skull, 

 Dentition, Ribs, &c 292 



ORDER UNGULATA (HOOFED QUADRUPEDS). 

 CHAPTER I. 



PERISSODACTYLA THE EQTJITJJ'E, OK HORSE FAMILY. 



Order UNOULA TA Divisions PERISSODACTYLA Characteristics EQUID/E Species Descent First Domestic 

 Horses in Europe Used for Food Mention of the Horse in the Bible War-Chariots the Horse among the 

 Greeks and Romans in Britain Attempts to Improve the Breed Colour Teeth "The Mark" the Foot 

 Skull Disease from the Gad-fly RACE-HORSE TROTTING HORSE OF AMERICA DRAY HORSE SHETLAND PONY 

 ARAB AND BARB PERSIAN HORSE WILD HORSES IN AMERICA Habits Byron's "Mazeppa" Capture and 

 Breaking in WILD HORSES IN AUSTRALIA THE Ass Species Stripes Characteristics MULE AND HINNY 

 WILD Ass OF TIBET ONAGER WILD Ass OF ABYSSINIA ZEBRAS BURCHEI.L'S ZKBRA QUACGA FOSSIL 

 EQUID.E Distribution HIPPARION 295 



CHAPTER IL 



PERISSODACTYLA THE TAPIR AND RHINOCEROS FAMILIES. 



Introductory Remarks on the Tapirs Foot Anatomical Features &kull Compared with that of Hog Skull of Asiatic 

 Tapir Proboscis Dentition Species of Tapir THE AMERICAN TAPIR Habits Colour Modes of Hunting 

 Docility THE HAIRY TAPIR THE MALAYAN TAPIR FOSSIL TAPIRS THE RHINOCEROSES General Character- 

 istics Is it the Reem of the Bible ? Ludicrous Ideas respecting it At Rome First Rhinoceroses in Europe 

 Skeleton Skull Horns Curious Dental Law Fore and Hind Limbs Dentition AFRICAN RHINOCEROSES 

 "WHITE" RHINOCEROS OSWELL'S RHINOCEROS BLACK RHINOCEROS KEITLOA RHINOCEROS BICORNIS MINOR 

 Hunting Sir Samuel Baker's Extraordinary Chase Gordon Cumming's Account of the Characteristics and 

 Habits of the Black and White South African Rhinoceroses Rhinoceros Birds THE ASIATIC RHINOCEROSES 

 Connection between Dentition and Horns THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS An Inveterate Enemy of the Elephant 

 THE JAVAN RHINOCEROS THE SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS THE HAIRY-EARED RHINOCEROS How a Specimen, 

 "Begunv,"' was Captured THE FOSSIL RHINOCEROSES The Extinct Families Palseotheridae and Macraucheniadse 317 



