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CONTENTS 



TWO FASHIONABLE FURS .... 



THE SEA-OTTER AND ITS EXTERMINATION 



A GIANT AMONG SEALS .... 



THE FLYING-SQUIRRELS OF ASIA AND AFRICA 



THE BEAVER IN NORWAY .... 



THE EXTINCT QUAGGA .... 



ANCIENT AND MODERN HIPPOPOTAMUSES . 



THE DEER OF THE PEKING PARKS . 



FOUR-HORNED SHEEP . 



MUSK-OXEN IN ENGLAND . 



THE WILD OX OF EUROPE . 



THE SMALLEST WILD CATTLE 



ARMOUR-CLAD WHALES 



SLOTHS AND THEIR HAIR . 



BLIND CAVE-ANIMALS . 



GIANT LAND-TORTOISES 



SOME STRANGE NURSING HABITS 



THE COLOURS OF COWRIES .... 



BREEDING HABITS OF FROGS AND TOADS . 



SCORPIONS AND THEIR ANTIQUITY . 



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