The Wonders of the Jungle

About this eBook

Author

Ghosh, Sarath Kumar, 1883-

Title

The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One

Credits

Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Zoology -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24852

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24852

Release Date

March 16, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HEATH SUPPLEMENTARY READERS — THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE
2. 2.Book One
3. 3.D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY — BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ATLANTA — DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO LONDON — Copyright, 1915, By D. C. Heath & Co.
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
7. 7.THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE
8. 8.The Midnight Pool — Elephants Drink First—but Down Stream — How the Elephant Drinks — Why the Elephant Drinks with His Trunk
9. 9.The Law of the Jungle — How Buffaloes Come to Drink—in Rows — Buffalo Knights Guard the Timid Deer — Wild Pigs—Careless — Red Dogs—Bold, Fearing Nobody — Other Animals Come Alone — The Law of the Jungle—Clear Water for All
10. 10.The Elephants' Bath — Elephant Child Obeys Mamma—or Gets Spanked — How the Elephant Child is Bathed — How the Elephant Child Learns to Swim
11. 11.Elephants: The Tricks of the Jungle — Elephant Child Learns to Feed — Elephant Child "Swats" Tormenting Flies — Elephant Covers his Back from Hot Sun — How Elephants Walk under Water — How Elephants Break Down or Pull Out Trees
12. 12.Elephants: The Tricky Trap — The Elephant Taps Suspicious Ground with his Trunk — Elephant Tricks the Tricky Trappers
13. 13.Buffaloes: The Knights of the Jungle — Buffaloes Cover Body with Mud against Flies — How Buffaloes Guard against Tiger while Feeding — How Buffaloes Know Danger is Coming—Three Ways — Buffalo Sentinels — Buffaloes Make a Ring when Tiger Comes — Small Animals Find Safety in Buffalo Ring
14. 14.Taming the Buffalo — Wild Buffaloes Tamed Quickly by Kindness — Little Boys Take Charge of Buffaloes — How the Big Buffaloes Love the Little Boys
15. 15.The Buffalo and the Boy
16. 16.Deer and Antelope — Horns and Antlers Different in Three Ways — Elk and Other American Deer — Other Kinds of Deer — Barking Deer—One of the Wonders of Nature
17. 17.Deer and Antelope: Their Special Gifts — Each Animal has the Gift he Needs Most
18. 18.The Camel — The Camel's Wonderful Gifts
19. 19.The Camel and the Thief
20. 20.Bears — The Polar Bear — American Bears — Other Bears
21. 21.Bears: The Tricky Trap
22. 22.Bright Birds — The Flamingo — The Parrot — The Cockatoo — The Peacock — The Golden Pheasant — The Snowy Egret
23. 23.The Caged Parrot

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