CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER ^ PAGE 



INTRODUCTION - vii-xiii 



I. A HOMERIC BESTIARY - - I 



II. GREEK AND ROMAN DOGS - - 2O 



III. ANTIQUARIAN NOTES ON THE BRITISH DOG - - 3 1 



IV. THE CAT - 53 



V. OWLS - - 68 



VI. PYGMIES - - 80 



VII. ELEPHANTS - 88 



VIII. THE HORSE - IO3 



IX. GARDENS- - 125 



X. HUNTING AMONG THE ANCIENTS - - 142 



XI. THE ROMANS AS ACCLIMATIZERS IN BRITAIN - 156 



XII. VIRGIL AS AN ORNITHOLOGIST - - IJ2 



XIII. ROSES - - 189 



XIV. WOLVES - - 201 



XV. ANCIENT FISH- LORE - 213 



XVI. MYTHICAL ANIMALS - 228 



XVII. OYSTERS AND PEARLS - - 244 



