INDEX 



337 



Circus, Elephants in a, 72 

 , panthers in a, 128 

 Civilisation, Retreat of wild 



animals before, 309 

 Cobra, Bite of the, 139; hood 



of, 139 

 Condor, Wonderful eyesight of, 



239 



Congo, Buffalo in the, 211; 

 elephants tamed in the, 278 ; 

 water-elephant in the, 183 



Cormorant trained to catch fish, 

 295 



Coyote, Cunning of the, 234 



Crocodiles attacking bathers, 

 144 ; escapes from, 266, 267 ; 

 females thought to be more 

 plentiful than males (explana- 

 tion of this), 142 ; in the sea, 

 144 ; seizing dogs, 143 ; and 

 human beings, 266, 267 



" Dark Continent," The, 146 

 Dartmoor, Solitude of, 23 

 Dawnay, Mr. Guy (killed by a 



buffalo), 263 

 Deer of India, 88-93 5 of North 



America, 219-28; of South 



America, 237, 238 

 Deer-stalking, 43 

 de Fries, Mr. (gored by a 



buffalo), 263 

 Delamere, Lord (mauled by a 



lion), 253 

 Desert, The, 35 

 Dewar, Mr. Douglas (book on 



Indian birds), 49 

 Dhole (see Dogs) 

 Dogs, Draught-, 291 ; seized by 



crocodiles, 143 ; by leopards, 



128 ; wild, 17, 91 

 Domestic animals, 17, 84, 148, 



205, 271-98 



Donkey and wild ass con- 

 trasted, 276 



Eagles trained to attack aero- 

 planes, 293 



Y 



East African 5/rt^;W(quoted), 

 183 



Eastern jungle, The, 29 



Egmont, Lord (quoted), 265 



Egrets, Slaughter of, 3 1 5 



Eland in harness, 296 ; in the 

 Kalahari, 207 



Elephant, African, case of the, 

 277-81, 320; compared with 

 Indian, 172, 277 ; food of, 

 173; niind of, 171; protec- 

 tion of, 174; senses of, 172; 

 shooting in Rhodesia, 174-82 ; 

 size of, 172 ; sportsmen killed 

 by, 256; tusks of, 182; with 

 only one tusk, 173 



Indian, afraid of rhinoceros, 

 96 ; attitude when asleep, 60; 

 collision with railway train, 

 71 ; courage of cows and 

 cowardice of bulls, 58 ; deaf- 

 ness of, 58 ; destructiveness 

 of, 59 ; difficulty of distin- 

 guishing in jungle, 26 ; do- 

 mestication of, 275, 277 ; 

 executed for manslaughter, 

 54 ; fear of man, 60 ; food of, 

 59 ; forefoot and height, 52 ; 

 in a circus, 72 ; in Burmese 

 teak forests, 54 ; intelligence 

 of, 64-70 ; migration of, 57 ; 

 persecuted by flies, 64 ; 

 " rogue," 61-4 ; shooting, 320 ; 

 tail lost in fighting, 56 ; trunk 

 of, 52-4 ; tusks of, 55 ; "white," 

 56 



Elk, Difficulty of distinguish- 

 ing, 26 ; protection of, 325 ; 

 vitality of, 88 



"Elk" in America, 224; in 

 Ceylon, 88 



Environment, 37, 39 



Equatorial jungle, 147 



Everglades, Animal life in the, 



31 



Extinct types, 331 

 Eye, Power of the human, 



118 



