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A HUNDRED ANECDOTES
OF
ANIMALS
WITH PICTURES BY
PERCY J. BILLINGHURST
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A HUNDRED
ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS
[Illustration]
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A HUNDRED ANECDOTES
OF
ANIMALS
WITH PICTURES BY
PERCY J. BILLINGHURST
JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
LONDON
AND NEW YORK
1901.
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Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
At the Ballantyne Press
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CONTENTS.
Page
A
_Are Beasts mere Machines?_ 76
_Ass Cast Away, An_ 196
_Assisting the Aged_ 144
B
_Bear and Child, The_ 48
_Bear Cubs, The_ 184
_Broken Heart, The_ 62
C
_Calculating Crow, A_ 56
_Canine Sheep-Stealer, A_ 38
_Canine Smugglers_ 36
_Carrier's Dog, A_ 170
_Cat and Crows, The_ 26
_Catcher Caught, The_ 188
_Charitable Canary, A_ 166
_Child Saved, A_ 200
_Choice Retaliation, A_ 82
_Comedy of Quadrupeds, A_ 64
_Concerts of Animals_ 90
_Conversing Parrot, A_ 20
_Crab Fishing_ 152
_Cunning as a Fox_ 66
D
_Death of Antiochus Revenged, The_ 52
_Deceiving the Fowler_ 190
_Dinner Bell, The_ 30
_Division of Labour_ 150
_Dog and Goose, The_ 40
_Dog of Montargis, The_ 46
_Dolphin, The_ 50
_Domesticated Seal, A_ 122
_Drawing Water_ 60
E
_Elephant Rope Dancing_ 70
_Escape of Jengis Khan_ 176
F
_Faithful Companion, A_ 8
_False Alarm, A_ 10
_Filial Duty_ 28
_Foraging_ 132
_Fox Chasing_ 174
G
_Generous Revenge, A_ 74
_Goat, The_ 86
_Going to Market_ 134
_Good Finder, A_ 106
_Grateful Lioness, A_ 104
_Grateful Return, A_ 142
H
_Heroism of a Hen, The_ 24
_Honours Paid to Living and Departed Worth_ 198
_Horse and Greyhound, The_ 84
_Humane Society_ 172
I
_Immovable Fidelity_ 138
_Infant Fascination_ 120
L
_Lion and his Keeper, The_ 136
_Long Lost Found Again_ 78
M
_Making Sure_ 16
_Maternal Affection_ 116
_Mice as Navigators_ 54
_Mimic_ 22
_Monkey versus Snake_ 160
_More Faithful than Favoured_ 68
_Mother Watching her Young, A_ 88
_Musical Mice_ 162
_Musical Seals_ 108
N
_Newfoundland Dog, The_ 4
_Newsman Extraordinary, A_ 182
_Noble Perseverance_ 186
O
_Odd Fraternity_ 34
_Of Two Evils Choosing the Least_ 156
_Old Habits_ 192
_Ostrich Riding_ 80
_Oyster Opening_ 146
P
_Philosophic Cat, A_ 194
_Pig Pointer, The_ 118
_Porus Saved by his Elephant_ 58
_Power of Music, The_ 18
_Providential Safe Conduct, A_ 72
_Pugnacity_ 168
R
_Rare Honesty_ 154
_Refugee Squirrel, A_ 178
_Remorse_ 2
_Retaliation_ 180
_Retribution_ 124
_Rights of Hospitality, The_ 102
S
_Sabinus and his Dog_ 42
_Sagacious Bruin_ 12
_Sense of Ridicule, A_ 112
_Shepherd's Dog, The_ 130
_Shrewd Guesser, A_ 96
_Singular Foster-Mother, A_ 128
_Singular Interposition, A_ 32
_Sly Couple, A_ 110
_Snake Destroyers_ 158
_Soliciting Succour_ 164
_Sonnini and his Cat_ 148
_Strange Mouser, A_ 14
_Strange Rooks_ 126
_Studying_ 6
T
_Tame Colony, A_ 98
_Tame Hares_ 140
_Tame Sea-gull, The_ 114
_Travellers_ 92
U
_Usurper Punished, An_ 100
W
_Watch Dog, The_ 94
_Wrens Learning to Sing_ 44
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A HUNDRED
ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS
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