298 INDEX 
Nizza, ostrich farm at, 256. 
Nubians, 20, 25, 48, 160, 161. 
OxapPl, discovery of the, 96. 
Ostriches, acclimatisation of, 45, 204, 207, 208; rearing and treatment of, 
255-66; breeding of, 263, 264; cutting the feathers, 265, 266; 
South America a likely country for rearing, 266; introduction of, 
into Nepal, 269; native methods of hatching eggs, 270; methods 
of hunting, 271, 272. 
Ounces, breeding of, in captivity, 112-15. 
Paris, Zoological Gardens at, reference to, 145, 175, 192. 
Patagonians, 25. 
Peters, Dr. Carl, and the eland antelopes, 92, 93. 
Peters, Professor (of the Berlin Zoological Gardens), 98. 
Pheasants, Mongolian, importation of, 219. 
Philipp, a keeper, 151. 
Preuscher, an animal trainer, 123. 
Racoon, escape of a, 5, 6. 
Radmai, Dr. (eminent Buddhist Lama), 74, 77. 
Rats, destructiveness of, 163 ; and snakes, 185. 
Rhinoceroses, facts and stories relative to, 164-70; different species of, 
167, 168. 
Rhodesia, wild game in, 93 ; reputed dinosaur in, 96, 97. 
“ Rosa,” an orang-outang, 273-77, 280, 282-84, 291. 
Rothschild, Walter, successful in acclimatisation, 212; imports Mongolian 
pheasants, 219. 
St. Louis, Exhibition of 1904 in, Hagenbeck exhibits at, 37, 181, 234; 
“Trieste” at, 102. 
St. Petersburg, Zoological Gardens at, reference to, 172. 
Schilling, Fritz, animal trainer, 37. 
Schiott, Director (of Copenhagen Zoological Gardens), experiments of, in 
acclimatisation, 212. 
Schmidt, animal trainer, 123. 
Schonbrunn, Imperial Zoological Gardens at, 168. 
Sea-bear, a, 236. 
Sea-lions, Californian, intelligence of, 145, 146. 
Seals, methods of capturing, 91, 92 ; difficulties of transporting, 92 ; adapta- 
bility of, to training, 144, 145. 
Self-mutilation, instances of, in animals, 228, 229. 
Siberia, difficulty of transporting animals from, 89. 
Sloth, giant, discovery of, 96. 
Snake-charmers, 91, 193, 194. 
Snakes, methods of capturing, 89-91 ; relations of, with other animals, 177, 
178; extraordinary voracity of, 179-81; savagery of certain species, 
181, 182; frozen boa-constrictors, 182, 183; puff-adders, 184, 185 ; 
rattle-snakes and rats, 185 ; quarrels of, over food, 185, 186; extra- 
