CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



ANIMAL GIANTS 



PAGB 



African and Indian Elephants Hippopotamus Rhinoceroses Giraffe 



Dwarf Buffalo American Bison Eland Wapiti Stag i 



CHAPTER II 



DOMESTIC AND SEMI-DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Domestic Asses Domestic Sheep Aurochs and Domestic Oxen Gayal 

 Banting, or Javan Ox Domesticated Rabbits Cavies, or Guinea 

 Pigs Foster Parents Ferret . .* . . . 24 



CHAPTER III 



ANIMAL PETS, IN AND OUT OF DOORS 



On Keeping Pets Chimpanzee and Orang-Utan Lemurs Kinkajou 

 Coati Marmosets Suricate, or Meerkat Mongoose Raccoon 

 American and British Squirrels Spix's Cavy Carpincho Common 

 Seal Dingo Hare Egyptian Jerboa . .- . . .. 43 



CHAPTER IV 



LOVERS OF THE CHASE AND SOME OTHERS 



WolfTimber Wolf Coyote, or Prairie Wolf Black-Backed Jackal Cape 

 Hunting Dog Dholes, or Indian and Siberian Wild Dogs Brown 

 Hyaena Spotted Hysma Common Badger Sand Badger * . 66 



CHAPTER V 



SACRED ANIMALS 



Humped Cattle Life History of the Ox Hanuman Monkey Fettered 



Egyptian, or Caffre Cat *. ,.-...* 28 



