Transcriber's note

Printer errors have been changed, and they are indicated with a [mouse-hover] and listed at the [end of this book]. The author's spelling has been maintained.

Elephants at Work
From a photograph copyrighted by the Keystone View Co.

HEATH SUPPLEMENTARY READERS

THE WONDERS OF

THE JUNGLE

PRINCE SARATH GHOSH

Book Two

D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY

BOSTON	NEW YORK	CHICAGO	ATLANTA
DALLAS	SAN FRANCISCO		LONDON

3 B 1

PRINTED IN U.S.A.

TO THE CHILDREN

My dear, I am now going to tell you many more Wonders of the Jungle, as I promised to do in Book I.

In that Book, as you will remember, I promised to tell you more about the elephants and about the laws of their herd. So I shall do so now.

Then I shall tell you about some animals which I did not describe in Book I. Among these you may like to know especially about the tiger, the lion, the leopard, and the wolf.

You may like to know how really clever some of these animals are, and how some of them have affections, just as we have.

But while you are reading about them, you must try to think. Then you will understand why these animals do certain things. And that will show how clever you are!

I have used a few new words in this Book. But I am sure you know them already.

Now I shall begin with the laws of the elephants.

CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	The Elephant Herd a Republic	[1]
	The Duties of the President	[2]
	He Must Provide Daily Food	[3]
	He Must Provide Daily Drink	[9]
	He Must Keep Order in the Herd	[12]
	He Must Avoid Danger from Outside	[18]

II.	War and Neutrality in the Jungle	[26]
	Wise Elephant Leader Avoids War	[27]
	Wise Elephant Leader Keeps Neutral	[29]
	When it is Impossible to Remain Neutral	[29]

III.	The Policemen of the Elephant Herd	[31]

IV.	The Punishment of the Wicked Elephant	[39]
	The Princes and the Bad Elephant	[40]
	The Trial of the Criminal Elephant—as in a Court of Law	[55]
	The Infliction of the Punishment	[57]
	The Rogue Elephant	[61]
	The Brand of the Rogue	[63]
	The Reward of Repentance	[64]

V.	Flesh-eating Animals: The Felines, or the Cat Tribe	[66]
	The Feline has Strong Fangs	[67]
	The Feline's Tongue is Rough	[68]
	The Feline's Claws are Retractile	[68]
	The Feline has Padded Paws	[71]

VI.	The Tiger	[73]
	The Life History of the Tiger Family	[78]
	The Tiger's Family Dinner	[83]

VII.	The Tiger Cubs' Lessons	[87]
	Tiger Cubs Learn to Kill Prey, After their Parents have Caught It	[88]
	Tiger Cubs Take Part in Hunt to Catch Prey	[90]
	Tiger Cubs Learn to Catch Prey by Themselves	[91]

VIII.	The Tigress Mother's Special Duties	[97]
	The Truce of the Water Hole	[100]

IX.	The Special Qualities of Tiger and Tigress	[102]
	Both Tiger and Tigress Defend Their Cubs	[104]
	The Tiger Family's Lost Dinner	[110]
	The Tiger as [a] Heroic Husband	[116]

X.	The Lion	[128]
	The Lion Has the Fangs, the Tongue, the Claws, and the Paws of a Cat	[132]
	How the Lion is Different from Other Cats	[138]

XI.	The Lion's Daily Life	[142]

XII.	The Lion a Noble Animal	[156]
	Androcles and the Lion	[156]
	The Lady and the Lioness	[163]

XIII.	The Leopard	[168]
	The Leopard's Ground Color and Spots	[169]
	[Why the Leopard has Spots]	[170]

XIV.	The Leopard's Habits	[176]
	The Panther: Popular Name For Large Leopard	[180]
	How the Leopard Seizes his Prey	[181]
	The Leopard's One Amiable Quality—He Loves Perfumes	[182]
	The Leopard and the Lavender	[183]

XV.	American Leopard: The Jaguar	[188]

XVI.	The Dog Tribe	[194]
	The American Gray Wolf	[196]
	The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Gun	[200]
	The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Trap	[202]
	The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Poison	[205]

Transcriber's note

THE WONDERS OF

THE JUNGLE

TO THE CHILDREN

CONTENTS