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ORDER IV
FLESH-EATING ANIMALS
SuB-ORDER I

THE FISSIPEDIA

Animals of the Cat Kind, 43
The Lion, 44 -
Lion’s Character, 44
Attitude towards Man, 45
The Better. Part of Valour, 46
Lion’s Strength, 47
“Affection, 48:
‘*  Docility, 48
Androcles, 49
A Lion Hunt, 50
A Thnilling Experience, 52
Attacked by a Lion, 53
A Night Surprise, 55
A Lion Outwitted, 56
Old Instincts and New Opportunities, 56
The Tiger, 57
Tigers’ Ravages, 58
An Intrepid Hunter, 60
The Leopard, 61
Leopard’s Tenacity of Life, 6z
Hunters Hunted, 63
The Jaguar, 64 .
Jaguar’s Strength, 65
A Night of Horror, 65
The Puma, 67
Puma’s Ferocity, 67
Animals and Men, 68
The Ocelot, 69
The Clouded Tiger, 70
The Serval, 70
Common Wild Cat, 70
Domestic Cat, 71
Cat Superstitions, 71
Cat as a Hunter, 72
Cat and Her Young, 72
Cat as a Foster Mother, 73
Cat as a Traveller, 74
Cat asa Sportsman, 75
Cat’s Intelligence, 75
The Lynx, 76
The Chetah as Huntsman, 78
The.Civits, 79
The Ichneumon, 79
Dormant Instinct, 80
The Aard Wolf, 80
The Hyzna, 80
Striped Hyzena, 82
Spotted Hyzna, 82
A Narrow Escape, 83
Animals of the Dog Kind, 84
The Wolf, 84
The Fox, 85
The Jackal, 86
Wolf’s Mode of Attack, 86

CONTENTS

Wolf's Cunning, 87
«  Cowardice, 88
Hunted by Wolves, 88
A Terrible Alternative, 89
A Marvellous Escape, 89
Tame Wolves,
The Cunning of the Fox, go
The Fox as a Hunter, gt
A Fox Hunt, 92
The Arctic Fox, 93
Wild Dogs, 93
The Dog, 94
Dog’s Understanding, 95
“© Serise of Locality, 97
Dog Friendships and Eximities, 99
‘“« Language, 100
Dog’s Intelligence, 101
‘« Mistakes, 104
Eskimo Dogs, 104
A Hard Lot, 106
Newfoundland Dog, 107

y Newfoundland’s Generosity, 108

Perception of Dan
ger, 109
se Sense of Right and
Wrong, 111

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Fidelity, 112
Newfoundland under Training, 112
The Sheep Dog, 114
Sheep Dog’s Sagacity, 115

sf Fidelity, 117
The St. Bernard, 119
St. Bernard at Work, I2I
The Greyhound, 122
Greyhound’s Affection, 123
The Lurcher, 124
The Bloodhound, 125
Scent of the Bloodhound, 126
The Stag Hound, 127
A Stag Hunt, 127
The Fox Hound, 128
Fox Hound’s Tenacity, 128
The Harrier, 129
The Beagle, 129
The Dalmatian Dog, 130
The Turnspit, 130
Turnspit’s Sagacity, 130
The Pointer, 130
Pointer’s Intelligence, 131
The Setter, 132
Pointers and Setters, 132
Sagacity of the Setter, 133
The Spaniel, 134
Blenheim Spaniel and Cats, 135
Water Spaniel as a Witness, 135
The Terrier, 136
The Mastiff, 136
Fidelity of the Mastiff, 136
Intelligence of the Mastiff, 137
The Mastiff as Protector, 137