PREFACE 
I T is hardly necessary to state that this book 
in no way purports to be a scientific 
treatise, the essays being written with a view 
to interest “the man in the street,” and to 
bring before his notice some of the many 
remarkable creatures that populate the earth. 
As an aid to the written word the service 
of the camera has been enlisted, and it is 
hoped that the illustrations accompanying 
the text will help the reader to visualize more 
readily some of the animal curiosities referred 
to in these pages. 
W. S. B. 
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