TO MY FRIEND, 
J. T. NETTLESHIP, 
PAINTER AND NATURALIST, 
., IN RECOGNITION OF THE HELP DERIVED FROM HIS 
INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS OF 
* 
THE CARNIVORA; 
AND AS A 
TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS MASTERLY DELINEATION 
OF ANIMALS, 
I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME. 
