iNALYSIS OF CONTENTS. 



THE AQUAEIUM. 



The freshwater, 769 ; directions 

 for making, 770 ; Plants for, 772 ; 

 lire stock for, 775 ; the marine, 

 789. 



BEES. 



The foundress, 707 ; arrangement 

 of cells, 708 ; the queen-bee, 709 ; 

 management of, 71S ; natural ene- 

 mies of, 715; structure of, 718; 

 the humble, 727. 



THE CAT. 



The wild, 641 ; antiquity of as a 

 home pet, 646 ; origin of the domes- 

 tic, 651 ; varieties of, 654 ; stories 

 of remarkable, 657 ; diseases of, and 

 their cure, 669. 



DOGS. 



Origin of, 545 ; varieties of, 553 ; 

 the wild dog, 855; the hunting, 554 ; 

 the Dhole, and the Buansuah, 556 ; 

 the Esquimaux, 559 ; the domestic, 

 560 ; Thibet mastiff, 564 ; Cuban 

 ma:stiff, 567 ; English mastiff, 569 ; 

 the bloodhound, 570 ; the staghound, 

 572 ; the foxhound, 573 ; the boar- 

 hound, 574 ; the Newfoundland, 575 ; 

 the greyhound, 577 ; the harrier, 579 ; 

 the beagle and water spaniel, 580 ; 

 the Labrador spaniel, and Peeler, 

 the dog of the Police, 582 ; the 



setter, 584 ; the retriever, 586 ; th« 

 pointer, 587 ; the King Charles, 

 spaniel, 589 ; the terrier, 590 ; thr 

 poodle, 593 ; stories of intelligent 

 dogs, 695 ; management of puppies, 

 615 ; how to feed, 617 ; dog- washing, 

 621 ; parasites, 622 ; diseases of, 

 624; hydrophobia, 626; fits, 628; 

 indigestion, 630 ; paralysis, 635 ; 

 distemper, 636 ; laws respecting 

 dogs and dogkeeping, 639. 



DOMESTIC POULTEY. 



Their structure, 417 ; their origin 

 in Britain, 420 ; varieties : their 

 choice and management, 429 ; Ban- 

 tams and Dorkings, 431 ; black 

 Spanish, and Hamburgs,.433; Po- 

 lands, and Cochin Chinas, 435; 

 Malays, and Bramahpootras, 437 ; 

 sultans, 439 ; feeding and &ttening, 

 440; a night with the chickens, 

 445 ; concerning eggs and chicks, 

 446 ; the turkey, 449 ; the duck, — 

 call-ducks, 457 ; Aylesbury, 463 ; 

 Bouen and Buenos Ayres, 464 ; eider 

 duck, 465 ; geese, 467 ; diseases of 

 poultry and their cure, 475 ; swans, 

 478. 



DOVES. 



The turtle, 413 ; the ring, 415 j 

 the stock, 416. 



