CONTENTS

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I. Three Men Together 1

II. The Wonderful Escape of "Tiger-Hill" 10

III. Sherlock Holmes in a Wood 19

IV. Where Tigers Flourish--

1. Tigers in the Air 27

2. Tigers Victorious 29

3. Working Alongside 32

4. At very Close Quarters 36

5. The Charge of the Tigress 41

V. The Girl and the Tigress 46

VI. The Old Men and the Tiger 54

VII. Recovering the Corpse 58

VIII. The Inspector's Escape 62

IX. The Sound of Humanity 67

X. The Tiger at the Rifle-range 74

XI. A Lesson from the Water Buffalo--

1. The Buffalo and the Skunk 84

2. Hunting the Buffalo 87

3. Taming the Buffalo 88

XII. The Buffalo and the Crocodile 93

XIII. A Nest of Crocodiles 97

XIV. Useful Snakes 107

XV. The Tucktoo 110

XVI. The Kitten's Catch 113

XVII. The Leopard as a Killer of Men--

1. Twice Twenty Years Ago or More 118

2. A Leopard that Loved the Ladies 122

3. No Man Comes Amiss 124

4. Its Way of Doing 125

5. The Final Fight 129

XVIII. On Heads in General 133

XIX. The Unfinished Speech and Dance 139

XX. The Big Pet Cat 145

XXI. The Leopard that Needed a Dentist 150

XXII. The Devil as a Leopard 152

XXIII. The Gallant Leopard 159

XXIV. A Dumb Appeal put into Words 166

XXV. The Fox in the Suez Canal 171

XXVI. Solidarity among the Brutes--

1. Elephants 175

2. The Baboons and the Leopards 178

3. The Indian Baboons and the Bear 181

4. Simla Monkeys 186

5. Co-operation 191

XXVII. A Run for Life 194

XXVIII. Mother's Love among the Monkeys 196

XXIX. Exit the Hunter--

1. Up to Date 198

2. The Lion in Death 201

3. Killing Tigers and Apes 205

4. The Happy Hunter 209

5. The Use of Hunting 213

6. Irresistible Evolution 214

XXX. Charlie Darwin, or the Lady-Gibbon--

Explanatory Note 216

1. Children of Air, in General 216

2. Charlie Darwin 220

3. Running Away 225

4. Settling Down 228

5. Teasing Tom 233

6. Evening and Morning 238

7. Table Manners 242

8. Dogs 245

9. Equality is Equity 246

10. Where Civilisation Began 248

11. Filial Feeling 251

12. Agreeable Sensations 255

13. Corroborating Aristotle & Co. 260

14. The Last Chapter 265

XXXI. The Brief Biography of a Little Bear--

1. Early Days 271

2. Up the Chimney 276

3. At a Railway Station 279

4. A Breakfast at Ye-U 281

5. The Bear and the Perambulator 285

6. Life in a Country Town 287

7. The Wonderful Suckling 295

8. Harum-scarum 298

9. All the Rest 300

10. Her Epitaph 304

XXXII. A Chinese Hunter (740 B.C.) 307

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