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INTRODUCTION

Science, r

The Kingdoms of Nature, 1
Zoology, 2

Classification, 2

Class IL—Miammalia

ORDER I
PRIMATES

SuB-ORDER I
MAN-SHAPED ANIMALS

The Ape Family, 3
The Gorilla, 4
Ancestors of the Gorilla, 4
AGorilla Hunt, 5
Du Chaillu’s First Gorilla, 7
A Young Gorilla, 9
Gorilla Superstitions, 10
The Chimpanzee, 11
Docility and Sagacity of Chimpanzee, 11
The Orang-Utan, 12
Habits of Orang-Utan, 12
Walk of Orang-Utan, 13
Strength of Orang-Utan, 14
Docility of Orang-Utan, 14
Orang-Utan’s Intelligence, 15

ff «Affection, 15
The Maternal Instinct, 16
Gibbons, or Long-Armed Apes, 17
Monkeys, 18
The Sacred Monkeys, 18
Long-nosed Monkey, 19
Cheek-pouched Monkeys, 19
The Baboon, 1g
Arabiar, Babéon, 20
Baboon’s Imitative Faculty, 20

 

The Chackma Baboon, 2
Baboon’s Utility, 21
The Tame Baboon, 22
Baboon’s Cunning, 22

oe Loyalty, 24
Intelligence, 24
The Bonnet Monkey, 25
Indian Monkeys, ,25
The Monkey Outdone, 27
The Monkey Aroused, 29
Monkey’s Affection, 30
American Monkeys, 30
The Capuchin Monkey, 30
The Spider Monkeys, 30
The Howling Monkeys, 31
The Bearded Saki, 31
The Douroucouli, 32
The Marmosets, 32

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Sus-OrDEr II
THE LEMURS
The Tarsier, 33
The Aye-Aye, 33

ORDER II
WING-HANDED ANIMALS
Bats, 35
The Common English Bats, 36
The Vampire Bat, 36
A Traveller’s Experience, 37
Megaderma Lyra, 38
ORDER III
INSECT-EATING ANIMALS
The Hedgehog, 39
The Mole, 4o
An Enterprising Mole, 41
The Use of the Mole, 41
The Shrew, 42