CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



ANIMAL GIANTS 



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 



Wolf— Timber Wolf— Coyote, or Prairie Wolf— Black-Backed Jackal— Cape 

 Hunting Dog — Dholes, or Indian and Siberian Wild Dogs — Brown 

 Hyaena — Spotted Hysena — Common Badger — Sand Badger . . 66 



CHAPTER V 



SACRED ANIMALS 



Humped Cattle — Life History of the Ox— Hanuman Monkey — Fettered, 



Egyptian, or Caffre Cat 82 



