LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS. 



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View of an Elephant Corral . Frontispiece 



Group of Ceylon Monkeys ....... to face 5 



The Loris (Lorn gracilis) . . . . . . . . .12 



Group of Flying Foxes (Pteropus Edwardsii) to face 14 



Head of the Horse-shoe Bat (Rhynolophus) ,19 



Nycteribia * 21 



Indian Bear {Prochylus labiatus) ........ 23 



Ceylon Leopard and Indian Cheetah . . . . . . .26 



Jackal's Skull and " Horn " 36 



Mongoos of Neura-ellia (Jlerpestes vitticollis) 38 



Flying Squirrel (Pteromys oral) ........ 41 



Coffee Rat (Gohmda Elliotti) ........ 44 



Bandicoot Rat (Mus bandicota) .... .... 45 



Pengolin (Manis pentadactylus) 47 



Skeleton of the Pengolin ......... 48 



Moose-deer (Moschus meminna) ........ 58 



The Dugong (Halicore dugung) ........ 69 



The Mermaid, from Valentyn 72 



Brain of the Elephant ......... 95 



Bones of the Fore-leg. . s . . . . . . 108 



Elephant descending a Hill . . . . . . . . .111 



Elephant's Well 122 



Elephant's Stomach, showing the Water-cells . . . . .125 



Elephant's Trachea .......... 126 



Water-cells in the Stomach of the Camel . . . . . .128 



Section of the Elephant's Skull . . . . . . . .145 



Fence and Ground-plan of a Corral . . . . . . .172 



Mode of tying an Elephant . . . 184 



His Struggles for Freedom . . .185 



Impotent Fury 188 



Obstinate Resistance . . . . . . . . . .189 



Attitude for Defence . 203 



Singular Contortions of an Elephant 204 



Figures of the African and Indian Elephants on Greek and Roman Coins . 208 



