Anecdotes of Big Cats and other Beasts

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Author

Wilson, David Alec, 1864-1933

Title

Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts

Credits

Produced by David Wilson (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Animals -- Anecdotes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55255

Release Date

August 3, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ANECDOTES OF BIG CATS AND OTHER BEASTS
2. 2.CONTENTS v ]
3. 3.--> ANECDOTES OF BIG CATS AND OTHER BEASTS 1 ] I THREE MEN TOGETHER
4. 4.II 10 ] THE WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF “TIGER-HILL”
5. 5.III 19 ] SHERLOCK HOLMES IN A WOOD
6. 6.IV 27 ] WHERE TIGERS FLOURISH — 1. TIGERS IN THE AIR — 2. TIGERS VICTORIOUS 29 ] — 3. WORKING ALONGSIDE — 4. AT VERY CLOSE QUARTERS — 5. THE CHARGE OF THE TIGRESS
7. 7.V 46 ] THE GIRL AND THE TIGRESS
8. 8.VI 54 ] THE OLD MEN AND THE TIGER
9. 9.VII 58 ] RECOVERING THE CORPSE
10. 10.VIII 62 ] THE INSPECTOR’S ESCAPE
11. 11.IX 67 ] THE SOUND OF HUMANITY
12. 12.X 74 ] THE TIGER AT THE RIFLE-RANGE
13. 13.XI 84 ] A LESSON FROM THE WATER BUFFALO — 1. THE BUFFALO AND THE SKUNK — 2. HUNTING THE BUFFALO — 3. TAMING THE BUFFALO
14. 14.XII 93 ] THE BUFFALO AND THE CROCODILE
15. 15.XIII 97 ] A NEST OF CROCODILES
16. 16.XIV 107 ] USEFUL SNAKES
17. 17.XV 110 ] THE TUCKTOO
18. 18.XVI 113 ] THE KITTEN’S CATCH
19. 19.XVII 118 ] THE LEOPARD AS A KILLER OF MEN — 1. TWICE TWENTY YEARS AGO OR MORE — 2. A LEOPARD THAT LOVED THE LADIES — 3. NO MAN COMES AMISS — 4. ITS WAY OF DOING — 5. THE FINAL FIGHT
20. 20.XVIII 133 ] ON HEADS IN GENERAL
21. 21.XIX 139 ] THE UNFINISHED SPEECH AND DANCE
22. 22.XX 145 ] THE BIG PET CAT
23. 23.XXI 150 ] THE LEOPARD THAT NEEDED A DENTIST
24. 24.XXII 152 ] THE DEVIL AS A LEOPARD
25. 25.XXIII 159 ] THE GALLANT LEOPARD
26. 26.XXIV 166 ] A DUMB APPEAL PUT INTO WORDS
27. 27.XXV 171 ] THE FOX IN THE SUEZ CANAL
28. 28.XXVI 175 ] SOLIDARITY AMONG THE BRUTES — 1. ELEPHANTS — 2. THE BABOONS AND THE LEOPARD — 3. THE INDIAN BABOONS AND THE BEAR — 4. SIMLA MONKEYS — 5. CO-OPERATION
29. 29.XXVII 194 ] A RUN FOR LIFE
30. 30.XXVIII 196 ] MOTHER’S LOVE AMONG THE MONKEYS
31. 31.XXIX 198 ] EXIT THE HUNTER — 1. UP TO DATE — 2. THE LION IN DEATH — 3. KILLING TIGERS AND APES 205 ] — 4. THE HAPPY HUNTER — 5. THE USE OF HUNTING — 6. IRRESISTIBLE EVOLUTION
32. 32.XXX 216 ] CHARLIE DARWIN, OR THE LADY-GIBBON — 1. CHILDREN OF AIR, IN GENERAL — 2. “CHARLIE DARWIN” — 3. RUNNING AWAY — 4. SETTLING DOWN — 5. TEASING TOM — 6. EVENING AND MORNING — 7. TABLE MANNERS — 8. DOGS — 9. EQUALITY IS EQUITY — 10. WHERE CIVILISATION BEGAN — 11. FILIAL FEELING — 12. AGREEABLE SENSATIONS — 13. CORROBORATING ARISTOTLE & CO. — 14. THE LAST CHAPTER
33. 33.XXXI 271 ] THE BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF A LITTLE BEAR — 1. EARLY DAYS — 2. UP THE CHIMNEY 276 ] — 3. AT A RAILWAY STATION — 4. A BREAKFAST AT YE-U — 5. THE BEAR AND THE PERAMBULATOR — 6. LIFE IN A COUNTRY TOWN — 7. THE WONDERFUL SUCKLING 295 ] — 8. HARUM-SCARUM — 9. ALL THE REST — 10. HER EPITAPH — HER EPITAPH
34. 34.XXXII 307 ] A CHINESE HUNTER (740 B.C. ) — I. SHUH HAS OUT A-HUNTING GONE — II. SHUH UPON HIS CHARIOT STANDS
35. 35.Transcriber’s Note

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