Xil CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



Chamois — Difficulties of approaching it— The Gemz^ Fawn — 

 Recluse Life in a Forest-pool — Grebes in early Morning — 

 Snake-bird — ^Water-shrew — Its Playful Manners, . . .195 



IX. THE WILD. 



Capture of a Shark— Nautical Eagerness for the Sport — Hook and 

 Line — Harpoon — An expressive Countenance — Attendant 

 Sharks at Night— Scene in the Pacific — Sperm-whales at 

 Night — Element of Unearthliness — Whetsaw — White Owl — 

 Bittern — Qu§,-bird — Prophetic Imagery of Desolation — Devil- 

 bird — Eagle-owl — Guacharo — Rise of Water-fowl from River 

 — Assault of a Cuttle — Shriek of Jackal — American Howling 

 Monkeys — Prairie Wolves — African Wild Dogs, , . , 218 



X. THE TERRIBLE. 



Man's Dominion over the Creatures — Sometimes contested — Bestial 

 Conflicts — Wolf — A Mother's Sacrifice — Night-attack of 

 Wolves in Mongolia — Bears — Syrian Bear — Grizzly Bear — En- 

 counter with one — Wild Beasts in Africa — Terrors of Ele- 

 phant-hunting — Mr Oswell's Adventure — Horrible Death of 

 Thackwray — Hottentot's Adventure with a Rhinoceros — Simi- 

 lar Adventure of Mr Oswell — Thunberg's Encounter with a 

 Cape Bufialo — Terrific Peril of Captain Methuen — Nearly fatal 

 Combat with a Kangaroo — An old Carthaginian Voyage of 

 Discovery— Wild Men — Identification of these with Apes — 

 The Gorilla — His Prowess — Comic Scenes with the Elephant 

 — Tragic Encounters with Man — Perils of Whale-fishing — An 

 Involuntary Dive — Horrid Voracity of Sharks — The Crocodile 

 — Fatal Adventure with an Alligator — Potency of Poisonous 

 Serpents — Detail of Symptoms of Poisoning — Case of Mr 

 Buckland — Death of Curling — Coolness of an Indian Officer — 

 Ugliness of Vipers — Shocking Adventure in Guiana — Another 

 in Venezuela — Fatal Encounter with Bees in India, . . 240 



