INDEX. 
ABDULLAHI Kalifat, el Mahdi, 48, 69, 71. 
Abdulla Okutt, a hunter, 59, 62. 
Abyssinia, a zebra-hunt in, 70. 
Acclimatisation of exotic animals, 115, 202-12. 
“ Agaghir,” the, their method of hunting, 51. 
Alcohol, predilection of animals for, and its effect on them, 226, 227, 283. 
Alexander, Prince, of Oldenburg, 74. 
Alligators. See wader Crocodiles. 
Amsterdam, Zoological Gardens at, referred to, 145, 172, 175, 189. 
Animal training, cruel methods of, 30, 118-24; humane methods of, 31, 32, 
37, 124, 125; first stages of, 126-29; further developments of, 
130-34 ef Sgq. 
Antelopes, acclimatisation of, 208, 209; eland—used as draught animals, 
93; method of capturing, 94; scarcity of, 212. 
Anthropoid apes, high natural capacities of, 277, 282, 288; adaptability of, 
to education, 286, 287; subject to psychical influences, 288. See 
also Gorillas. 
Antwerp, Zoological Gardens at, reference to, 145, 172. 
Argali (giant wild sheep), expeditions after, 89; proposed experiment in 
crossing with domestic animals, 216. 
Atbara, camp at, 53, 54; departure from, 65, 66. 
Basoons— 
Arabian, methods of capturing and battle with, 63-65 ; amusing inci- 
dents relative to, 67, 68. 
Atbara, methods of capturing, 58, 59-61 ; characteristics and habits 
of, 61-63. 
Baggara-Arabs, the, 70. 
Bailey, Mr., successor to Barnum, 11. 
Barnum, Phineas T., relations of, with Hagenbeck, 11, 26, 145, 175. 
Batty, an animal trainer, 121. 
Bears, difficulty of training polar, 136; operation onasick, 224-26; cruelty 
to, 227, 228. 
Bedford, Herbrand, 11th Duke of, suggests expedition in search of Mongolian 
wild horses, 74 recovery of his sick giraffe, 175 ; successful in accli- 
matisation of exotic animals, 212 ; imports Mongolian pheasants, 219. 
Bedouins, their methods of hunting ostriches, 53, 272. 
Berg, Christian, 109. 
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