viii CONTENTS 
TWO FASHIONABLE FURS 
THE SEA-OTTER AND ITS EXTERMINATION 
A GIANT AMONG SEALS 5 . 
THE FLYING-SQUIRRELS OF ASIA AND AFRICA . 
THE BEAVER IN NORWAY 
THE EXTINCT QUAGGA . . 
ANCIENT AND MODERN HIPPOPOTAMUSES . 
THE DEER OF THE PEKING PARKS 
FOUR-HORNED SHEEP . 
MUSK-OXEN IN ENGLAND 
THE WILD OX OF EUROPE . 
THE SMALLEST WILD CATTLE 
ARMOUR-CLAD WHALES 
SLOTHS AND THEIR HAIR 
BLIND CAVE-ANIMALS . 
GIANT LAND-TORTOISES 
SOME STRANGE NURSING HABITS 
‘THE COLOURS OF COWRIES. 
BREEDING HABITS OF FROGS AND TOADS . 
SCORPIONS AND THEIR ANTIQUITY 
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. 225 
- 235 
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. 252 
. 261 
327i 
. 280 
. 287 
+ 293 
. 303 
. 308 
. 314 
+ 322 
. 331 
- 341 
. 351 
. 361 
. 368 
. 376 
