CONTENTS. 



Suspiciousness of Moose — Reputed Power of re- 

 maining submerged — Strange Story — Crusting — 

 Moose-yard — Solitary Habits — Chamois — Diffi- 

 culties of approaching it— The Gemze Fawn- 

 Recluse Life in a Forest-pool— Grebes in early 

 Morning— Snake-bird— Water-shrew— Its Playful 

 Manners, 187 



IX. THE WILD. 



Capture of a Shark — Nautical Eagerness for the 

 Sport — Hook and Line — Harpoon — An expres- 

 sive Countenance — Attendant Sharks at Night 

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

 Element of Unearthliness— Whetsaw— White Owl 

 — Bittern — Qua-bird — Prophetic Imagery of Des- 

 olation — 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, . . 208 



X. THE TERRIBLE. 



Man's Dominion over the Creatures— Sometimes 

 contested— Bestial Conflicts— Wolf— A M other's 

 Sacrifice — Night-attack of Wolves in Mongolia, — 

 Bears — Syrian Bear — Grizzly Bear — Encounter 

 with one — Wild Beasts in Africa — Terrors of 

 Elephant hunting— Mr. Oswell's Adventure — 

 Horrible death of Thackwray— Hottentot's Ad- 

 venture with a Rhinoceros — Similar Adventure 

 of Mr. Oswell — Thunberg's Encounter with a 

 Cape Buffalo— 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 

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