CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Foreword[xiii]
IAnimals That Practise Camouflage[1]
IIAnimal Musicians[18]
IIIAnimals at Play[32]
IVArmour-Bearing and Mail-Clad Animals[46]
VMiners and Excavators[61]
VIAnimal Mathematicians[88]
VIIThe Language of Animals[99]
VIIIIn Their Boudoirs, Hospitals and Churches[120]
IXSelf-Defence and Home-Government[130]
XArchitects, Engineers, and House-Builders[150]
XIFood Conservers[170]
XIITourists and Sight-Seers[181]
XIIIAnimal Scavengers and Criminals[199]
XIVAs the Allies of Man[210]
XVThe Future Life of Animals[234]