Many of the pictures in this book are taken from the living animals, or from photographs and sketches by Eastern travellers.

Others represent imaginary scenes, or ancient historical events, and have been designed by skilful artists after careful study of the subjects.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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[A complete Index of Subjects will be found at the end of this Volume.]

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NO. PAGE
1.The Animals Enter the Ark[2]
2.War-Horses and Ancient Egyptian Chariot[4]
3.Shepherd Leading Sheep and Goats to their Fold in the Rock[6]
4.A Desert-Scene[8]
5.The Garden of Eden[19]
6.Lion Drinking at a Pool[21]
7.A Lion Kills the Prophet from Judah[22]
8.Lion and Tiger[23]
9.The Lion Replies to the Thunder[25]
10.Lioness and Young[27]
11.Lion Carrying Home Supplies[31]
12.African Lions[32]
13.The Lion Attacks the Herd[34]
14.The Lair of the Lion[35]
15.The Lion Listens to the Approach of the Hunter[39]
16.The Leopard[43]
17.Leopard Attacking a Herd of Deer[45]
18.The Leopard Leaps upon his Prey[47]
19.Waiting[49]
20.Leopard[51]
21.Cat and Kittens[52]
22.Cat[54]
23.Dogs in an Eastern City at Night[57]
24.Shimei Exulting over King David[59]
25.Lazarus Lying at the Rich Man's Door[62]
26.The Death of Jezebel[63]
27.Syrian Dog[64]
28.Eastern Water-Seller[68]
29.Wolves Attacking a Flock of Sheep[70]
30.Wolves Chasing Deer[72]
31.The Wolf[73]
32.Wolves Attacking Wild Goats[75]
33.The Jackal[76]
34.Foxes or Jackals Devouring the Carcase of a Goat[77]
35.A Feast in Prospect[79]
36.A Feast Secured[81]
37.A Trespasser[83]
38.Leopard Robbed of its Prey by Hyænas[87]
39.Hyænas Devouring Bones[89]
40.Weasels[93]
41.The Biter Bit[95]
42.Badgers[99]
43.Supposed Form and Arrangement of the Tabernacle[101]
44.Bears Descending the Mountains[105]
45.On the Watch[107]
46.Seeking an Outlook[109]
47.A Family Party[111]
48.Bear[112]
49.Porcupine[113]
50.The Mole-Rat[115]
51.The Mouse[119]
52.Dagon Fallen Down before the Ark[120]
53.Mouse and Nest[121]
54.Jerboa or Leaping-Mouse[122]
55.The Field-Mouse[123]
56.The Syrian Hare[127]
57.A Timid Group[129]
58.Altar of Burnt-Offering[133]
59.The Prodigal Son Returns[134]
60.Abraham Offers Food to the Three Strangers[135]
61.Oxen Treading Out Grain[139]
62.Eastern Ox-Cart[140]
63.The Ark of the Covenant being Drawn by Cows[141]
64.Ploughing with Oxen[143]
65.Mummy of a Sacred Bull taken from an Egyptian Tomb[146]
66.Animals being Sold for Sacrifice in the Porch of the Temple[147]
67.Jeroboam Sets up a Golden Calf at Bethel[148]
68.The Buffalo[149]
69.The Bhainsa, or Domestic Buffalo, and Camel Drawing the Plough[151]
70.Wild Bull or Oryx[155]
71.The Oryx[157]
72.The Unicorn[158]
73.The Bison[160]
74.Bison Killing Wolf[161]
75.The Gazelle or Roe of Scripture[163]
76.Gazelles[164]
77.The Falcon Used in Our Hunt[168]
78.The Arab is Delighted at the Success of the Hunt[169]
79.The Gazelle[170]
80.The Addax[172]
81.The Bubale or Fallow Deer of Scripture[175]
82.Sheep[176]
83.Arabs Journeying to Fresh Pastures[178]
84.View of the Pyramids[179]
85.Jacob Meets Rachel at the Well[182]
86.Eastern Shepherd Watching his Flock[183]
87.David Gathers Stones from the Brook to Cast at Goliath[185]
88.An Eastern Shepherd[186]
89.Sheep Following their Shepherd[187]
90.Ancient Sheep-Pen[190]
91.The Poor Man's Lamb[193]
92.The Rich Man's Feast[193]
93.Flocks of Sheep being taken into Jerusalem[195]
94.Sounding the Trumpets in the Year of Jubilee[202]
95.Ram's Horn Trumpet[203]
96.A Lamb upon the Altar of Burnt Offering[204]
97.The Place of Sacrifice[206]
98.The Chamois[211]
99.Chamois Defending its Young[213]
100.Chasing the Aoudad[214]
101.The Mouflon[216]
102.Jacob Deceives his Father and Takes Esau's Blessing[218]
103.The Angel Appears to Gideon[219]
104.Eastern Water-Carriers with Bottles made of Goat-Skin[224]
105.Goats on the March[228]
106.Herd of Goats Attacked by a Lion[231]
107.Arabian Ibex, the Wild Goat of Scripture[236]
108.The Deer[238]
109.Red Deer[239]
110.Fallow Deer or Hind of Scripture[240]
111.A Quiet Spot[241]
112.Red Deer and Fawn[243]
113.The Leader of the Herd[245]
114.The Watchful Doe[247]
115.A Kneeling Camel[248]
116.Jacob Leaves Laban and Returns to Canaan[249]
117.A Camp in the Desert[250]
118.A Grateful Shade[253]
119.Camels Laden with Boughs[257]
120.Morning in the Desert: Starting of the Caravan[258]
121.The Camel Post[261]
122.A Runaway[263]
123.An Arab Sheik Mounted Upon his Camel[264]
124.Aaron's Rod bears Almonds[266]
125.Camel Riding[267]
126.The Deloul, or Swift Camel[268]
127.Another Mode of Riding the Camel[270]
128.Passing a Camel in a Narrow Street of an Eastern City[277]
129.Moses at the Burning Bush[278]
130.An Arab Encampment[279]
131.On the March[281]
132.Hair of the Camel[283]
133.Camel Going through a "Needle's Eye"[285]
134.A Rest in the Desert[287]
135.Bactrian Camels Drawing Cart[289]
136.Trial of Arab Horses[292]
137.An Arab Horse of the Kochlani Breed[293]
138.The War-Horse[295]
139.Arab Horses[297]
140.Buying an Arab Horse[299]
141.The Arab's Favorite Steeds[301]
142.Pharaoh Pursues the Israelites with Chariots and Horses, and the Sea covers them[302]
143.Elijah is Carried Up[304]
144.The Israelites, led by Joshua, take Jericho[308]
145.Ancient Battlefield[309]
146.Chariot of State[311]
147.Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Representing a Victorious King in his Chariot Slaying his Enemies[313]
148.Mummy of an Egyptian King over Three Thousand Years Old[314]
149.Ass and Driver[315]
150.Entering Jerusalem[317]
151.Syrian Asses[319]
152.A Street in Cairo, Egypt[322]
153.Beggar in the Streets of Cairo[324]
154.Night-Watch in Cairo[325]
155.Hunting Wild Asses[331]
156.Mules of the East[334]
157.Absalom is Caught in the Boughs of an Oak Tree[335]
158.Daniel Refuses to Eat the King's Meat[337]
159.The Prodigal Son[340]
160.Eleazar Refuses to Eat Swine's Flesh[341]
161.A Mother and her Seven Sons Tortured for Refusing to Eat Swine's Flesh[342]
162.The Evil Spirits enter a Herd or Swine[343]
163.Wild Boars Devouring the Carcase of a Deer[344]
164.Wild Boars[345]
165.Wild Boars Destroying a Vineyard[347]
166.Indian Elephant[349]
167.King Solomon, Seated upon his Throne, Receives the Queen of Sheba[350]
168.Indian Elephants[351]
169.The War-Elephant[355]
170.African Elephants[359]
171.Elephants' Watering-Place[361]
172.Tiger[363]
173.Tiger in the Reeds[364]
174.Head of Tiger[365]
175.The Hyrax[367]
176.Hippopotamus[372]
177.Hippopotamus Pool[375]
178.The Great Jaws of the Hippopotamus[376]
179.Hippopotamus Emerging from the River[377]
180.Hippopotamus Eating Grass[379]
181.A Hippopotamus-Hunt in Egypt[381]
182.Hippopotamus and Trap[384]
183.The Baboon[387]
184.The Rhesus Monkey[389]
185.Feeding the Monkeys in India[390]
186.Troublesome Neighbors[391]
187.Monkeys Entering a Plantation[392]
188.Slothful Monkeys[393]
189.A Privileged Race[394]
190.The Wanderoo[396]
191.The Enemy Discovered[397]
192.Bonnet Monkeys[399]
193.The Bat[401]
194.Bats' Resting-Place[403]
195.Great Fox-Headed Bat, or Flying Fox[405]
196.Cave Near the Site of Ancient Jericho[406]
197.Night in the Tropics[407]
198.Leopards[408]
199.The Home of the Vulture[411]
200.The Lämmergeier[412]
201.A Successful Defence[415]
202.Struck from a Dizzy Height[417]
203.The Vulture's Nest[418]
204.The Egyptian Vulture, or Gier Eagle[420]
205.Vultures[425]
206.The Eagle and the Hare[430]
207.Eagles[432]
208.Eagle Returning to the Nest with her Prey[435]
209.The Osprey Searching for Fish[437]
210.Snatched from the Deep: The Osprey Rises with his Prey[439]
211.The Kite, or Vulture of Scripture[441]
212.The Peregrine Falcon, or Glede[444]
213.The Lanner Falcon[446]
214.The Hawk[447]
215.Kestrel Hovering Over a Field in Search of Prey[449]
216.The Wind-hover, or Kestrel[450]
217.The Barn Owl[454]
218.The Little Owl[456]
219.Caught Napping[457]
220.Raven.—Barn Owl.—Eagle Owl[459]
221.A Family Council[460]
222.The Night Hawk on the Wing[462]
223.The Night Hawk[463]
224.The Swallow[466]
225.Lost from the Flock[469]
226.The Swallow and Swift[471]
227.View of the Sea of Galilee[472]
228.The Swallow's Favorite Haunt[473]
229.Swallows at Home[475]
230.The Hoopoe[478]
231.Eastern Housetops[479]
232.Reading the Law to the People after the Return from Captivity[482]
233.The Blue Thrush, or Sparrow of Scripture[483]
234.The Tree Sparrow[485]
235.Sparrows[486]
236.A Forest Scene[487]
237.The Great Spotted Cuckoo[488]
238.Noah Receives the Dove[489]
239.Jesus Drives Out of the Temple the Moneychangers and Those who Sold Doves[493]
240.The Rock Dove[494]
241.Blue Rock Pigeons[495]
242.The Turtle Dove[497]
243.The Hen and her Brood[498]
244.The Domestic Fowl[499]
245.Poultry[500]
246.The Peacock[501]
247.Peafowl[503]
248.Feathers of the Peacock[504]
249.Partridges[505]
250.The Greek Partridge[507]
251.Partridge and their Young[508]
252.Eastern Quail[509]
253.The Quail[510]
254.Flight of Quail[515]
255.The Raven[517]
256.Elijah Fed by Ravens[518]
257.Ravens' Roosting-Place[521]
258.Ravens' Nest[522]
259.Ostrich and Nest[527]
260.Arabs Hunting the Ostrich[533]
261.The Bittern[537]
262.Bittern and Cormorant[539]
263.The Home of the Bittern[541]
264.The Heron[543]
265.The Home of the Heron[545]
266.The Papyrus Plant[548]
267.The Home of the Crane[549]
268.The Crane[550]
269.The Stork[553]
270.Storks and their Nests[555]
271.A Nest of the White Stork[559]
272.Ibis and Gallinule[561]
273.The Pelican[568]
274.Lizards[575]
275.Tortoises[577]
276.The Dhubb and the Tortoise[578]
277.Water Tortoise[579]
278.Crocodile Attacking Horses[587]
279.A Crocodile Pool of Ancient Egypt[590]
280.Crocodiles of the Upper Nile[591]
281.Ichneumon Devouring the Eggs of the Crocodile[597]
282.A Crocodile Trap[599]
283.A Fight for Life[601]
284.The Cyprius, or Lizard[602]
285.The Chameleon[605]
286.Gecko and Chameleon[606]
287.The Gecko[609]
288.Serpents[611]
289.Boa Constrictor and Tiger[613]
290.Cobra and Cerastes[615]
291.The Israelites are Bitten by Serpents in the Wilderness, and Moses Lifts Up the Serpent of Brass[616]
292.The Serpent-Charmer[619]
293.The Viper[621]
294.Teaching Cobras to Dance[623]
295.Horned Viper[625]
296.The Viper, or Epheh[627]
297.The Toxicoa[628]
298.The Frog[630]
299.Fishes[633]
300.A River Scene[635]
301.Peter Catches the Fish[636]
302.Muræna, Long-Headed Barbel, and Sheat Fish[638]
303.Sucking Fish, Tunny, and Coryphene[640]
304.Fishing Scene on the Sea of Galilee[642]
305.Mode of Dragging the Seine Net[645]
306.Nile Perch, Surmullet, and Star-gazer[647]
307.The Pearl Oyster[653]
308.Insects[655]
309.A Swarm of Locusts[659]
310.The Locust[663]
311.The Bee[665]
312.The Hornet and its Nest[669]
313.Ants on the March[671]
314.Ant of Palestine[675]
315.The Crimson Worm[677]
316.Mordecai is Led through the City upon the King's Horse[679]
317.Butterflies of Palestine[682]
318.Noxious Flies of Palestine[685]
319.The Scorpion[690]
320.Coral[694]