CONTENTS

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THE ZOO IN A FROST[1]
THE GHOSTS OF THE TROPICAL FOREST[13]
THE BUTTERFLY FARM AT THE ZOO[20]
PATTERNS ON LIVING ANIMALS[29]
THE GIRAFFE’S OBITUARY[38]
THE ELECTRIC EEL[48]
DEEP-SEA LAMPS[55]
THE LION HOUSE AT THE ZOO[62]
DIVING BIRDS AT THE ZOO[77]
TAME DIVERS[86]
THE QUEST FOR THE WILD HORSE[91]
ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—THE ANIMAL SENSE OF BEAUTY[99]
ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—SCENTS AND SOUNDS[109]
ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE FIRST VISIT[115]
ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE SECOND VISIT[123]
ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS[131]
TALKING BIRDS[139]
ELEPHANT LIFE IN ENGLAND[146]
WANTED—A NEW MEAT[162]
AN EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL PRESERVATION[170]
“JAMRACH’S”[177]
EXPRESSION IN THE ANIMAL EYE[192]
LONDON BEARS[200]
YOUNG ANIMALS AT THE ZOO[210]
ANIMAL COLOURING[222]
WILD-CATS AT THE ZOO[229]
THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS[240]
RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MONKEYS[248]
THE LARGER MONKEYS[255]
LIZARDS AND CROCODILES AT THE ZOO[263]
FROM THE ANIMALS’ POINT OF VIEW[270]
POSSIBLE PETS[278]
THE PARIS ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN THE TWO SIEGES[287]
OTHER BEASTS OF BURDEN[293]
THE SOLDIER’S CAMEL[302]
THE CANADIAN BEAVER[311]
THE TEMPER OF ANIMALS[318]
CRIMINAL ANIMALS[325]
A YEAR AT THE ZOO[334]