CONTENTS. xvii 



PAGE 



The Aard-vark From the French of Oustedct. 37-1 



The Ornithorhynchus 377 



Grizzly Bret Hark. 880 



PAET XIV. 



FOUR-HANDED FOLKS. 



House-Pets in Trinidad Charles Kingsley. 381 



The Living Bridge Idventwes in the Tropics. 384 



Jacko Frank Buckland. 387 



PART XV. 



ADVENTURES AND INCIDENTS. 



Our Hunting-Lodge and Neighbors Charles Edward Stuart. 394 



The Sloth Charles Waterton. 401 



illustrative Stories 407 



