Wild beasts
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共 25 段- Wild beasts have usually been written about both carelessly
- That “the reasoning elephant,” of whom Vartomannus (“_Apud G
- Colonel Pollok (“Natural History Notes”) gives a report extr
- The government also often wants elephants, and when this is
- “Under the tree, and with his back to its stem, towered the
- Gérard gives the following story, which is in all essentials
- All things being equal, lions conduct themselves towards man
- “It took a long time to do this, and longer for the men to b
- Lions vary with sex; the lioness is usually less grave and i
- The brute, finding that it was impossible to carry off his p
- Strangely enough to anyone acquainted with the characteristi
- It is agreed among several authorities that a jaguar constan
- Two cubs are born together as a rule, although, as happens w
- It is very likely, however, that the surface may not admit o
- A tiger may fail in front of a herd, but with stragglers, an
- When the young tiger first makes his appearance among the fa
- “Here the elephant paused and began to kick the earth, and t
- Wariness and an entire absence of all the sentiments that pr
- Personally, and so far as mere individual opinion unsupporte
- The manner in which Gato departed this life was worthy of hi
- “In 1861, I was marching through a small village on the bord
- Milton and Cheadle (“The North-west Passage by Land”) give m
- Where parties of “wolfers,” as they are called, pass the win
- All young vertebrates are playful in youth, and if taken ear
- It is commonly believed that feigning death will prevent a b