xii z CONTENTS

ORDER II

The Crocodile, 334°
The Alligator, 335
A Tame Alligator, 336

ORDER III
Hatteria Punctata, 337

ORDER IV

The Lizards, 337

The Chameleon, 337

The Iguana, 338

The Common Lizard, 338
The Monitor, 339

ORDER V

Snakes, 339

The Viper, 340

The Viper and its Young, 340

The Rattlesnake, 341

The Sting of the Rattlesnake, 341

The Black Snake and the Rattlesnake,

342°
The Cobra, 342
Snake Charming, 343
The Cobra as Companion of the Bath,

344
A Night with a Cobra, 345
An Unpleasant Bedfellow, 345
The Boa Constrictor, 346
The Boa and its Prey, 346
The Boa’s Appetite, 347
A Terrible Boa, 348
A Narrow Escape, 348

Vertebrata

Olass IV.—Batrachia

The Batrachia, 350

The Common Toad, 351
Tame Toads, 351

The Common Frog, 352
Ingenuity of the Frog, 352
The Tree Frog, 353

Vertebrata
Class V.—Pisces

Fishes, 354

The Sticklebacks, 354

The Stickleback and the Leech, 355
The Mackerel, 356

The Sword Fish, 356

The Cod, 357

The Salmon, 358

The Pike, 358

The Herring, 360

The Flying Fish, 360

The Eel, 361

The Gymnotus, 362
Catching the Gymnotus, 362
The Torpedo, 365

The Shark, 366

The White Shark, 366
Sharks in the South Seas, 367
The Rays, 368

Ray Catching, 369