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INDEX. 



Ktiquette of cattle, 152. 



]'2uropean wild horse, '6g. 



Evolution, knowledge of, essential, 8, 9. 



Fat, use of, in nature, 214. 

 Fear of water in donkey, 124. 

 Feet of horses, 76. 

 Fighting among dogs, 39. 

 Forest habits in cats, 231. 



Gadflies and cattle, 149. 



(ialton, Francis, on riding oxen, 154. 



Goat, advertising method of, 197. 



as a mathematician, 191. . 



climbing power of, 189. 



independent character of, 185. 



original home of, 183. 



wool of, 202. 

 Gregarious animals, social virtues of, 



34- 

 Grey and tabby cats, 235. 

 Grunting, habit of, in pig, 224. 



Hissing in cats and snakes, 245. 



habit of various young ani- 

 mals, 254. 

 Hoofs of cattle adapted to soft ground, 



138. 



Hooker, Sir J., on horns of argali, 176. 

 Horns of wild sheep, 176. 



of goat, 204. 



of cattle, 139. 

 Horse, courage of, 91. 



method of expressing emotion, 



90. 93- 

 method of lighting, 93. 

 splints in, 81. 

 social virtues of, 90. 

 Horses, ancestry of, So. 



dislike of fox by, 70. 

 feet of, 76. 



method of feeding, 79. 

 origin of useful qualities of, 68. 

 wild home of, 'y^. 

 Hudson, W. H., on creolla fowls, 269. 

 on habits of cattle, 



159- 

 on lambs in La Plata, 

 172. 



Impartiality of mind, need of, 307. 

 Independent character of goat, 185. 

 Infant mind, receptive character of, 

 285. 

 mortality in wild birds, 287. 

 Irish pigs, 212. 



Jesse on pariah dogs, 48. 



Kingslcy, C, on hostility of horse to 



fox, 71. 

 Kittens, their habit of spitting at dogs, 



252. 



Lambs, defective instinct of, 172. 

 Legs of mutton, 165. 

 Lifting of fleece, date of, 166. 

 Loyalty, importance of, in dogs, 38. 



Mane, probable use of, 102. 



Manx cats, 238. 



Marks on true tabby cat, 240, 



Max Miiller, Professor, on origin of 



word "daughter," 131. 

 Mental processes required for spoor- 

 ing, 12, 21. 

 Milk-giving qualities of cow, origin 

 of, 136. 

 of goat, 188. 

 iMountain animals, ii[. 



diminution of, 199. 

 Mules, endurance of, 115. 

 Mustangs, origin of, 96, 98. 



Natural size of animals, 200. 



weapons, character of, 141. 

 Naturalists born, not made, 5. 

 Noise made by frightened fowls, ex- 

 planation of, 278. 



Obstinacy of ass, 122. 

 Ocelot and boa, 243. 



marks on, 242. 

 Olfactory lobe in dog and man, 13, 43. 

 shortcomings and reasoning 

 power, 15, 

 Origin of domestic sheep, 177. 



of habits of setter and pointer, 



59- 

 of wool in sheep, 164. 



Partnership between dog and man, 30. 

 Pig, domestic origin of, 210. 



gluttonous appetite of, 219. 



natural habitat of, 218. 



virtues of, 223. 

 Pigs and snakes, 226. 

 Play instinct, 16. 

 Prejevalsky's wild horse, 100. 

 Primitive savage, picture of, 17-22. 

 Prolific animals, 22=;. 

 Protective theory, d^iffieulties of, 250. 



mimicry in cats, 240. 

 Pruen, Dr S. 'I., on African wild 



dogs, 61^ 

 Pugnacity of game cock, 274. 

 Purring, habit of, in cats, 261. 



