The Wonders of the Jungle

About this eBook

Author

Ghosh, Sarath Kumar, 1883-

Title

The Wonders of the Jungle, Book Two

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Carla Foust, 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.

27463

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27463

Release Date

December 9, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's note — THE WONDERS OF — THE JUNGLE
2. 2.TO THE CHILDREN
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE
6. 6.CHAPTER I — The Elephant Herd a Republic — The Duties of the President — He Must Provide Daily Food — He Must Provide Daily Drink — He Must Keep Order in the Herd — He Must Avoid Danger from Outside
7. 7.CHAPTER II — War and Neutrality in the Jungle — Wise Elephant Leader Avoids War — The Wise Elephant Leader Keeps Neutral — When it is Impossible to Remain Neutral
8. 8.CHAPTER III — The Policemen of the Elephant Herd
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — The Punishment of the Wicked Elephant — The Princes and the Bad Elephant — The Trial of the Criminal Elephant—as in a Court of Law — The Infliction of the Punishment — The Rogue Elephant — The Brand of the Rogue — The Reward of Repentance
10. 10.CHAPTER V — Flesh-Eating Animals: the Felines, or the Cat Tribe — The Feline Has Strong Fangs — The Feline's Tongue is Rough — The Feline's Claws are Retractile — The Feline Has Padded Paws
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — The Tiger — The Life History of the Tiger Family — The Tiger's Family Dinner
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — The Tiger Cubs' Lessons — Tiger Cubs Learn to Kill Prey, After their Parents have Caught It — Tiger Cubs Take Part in Hunt to Catch Prey — Tiger Cubs Learn to Catch Prey by Themselves
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — The Tigress Mother's Special Duties — The Truce of the Water Hole
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — The Special Qualities of Tiger and Tigress — Both Tiger and Tigress Defend their Cubs — The Tiger Family's Lost Dinner — The Tiger as a Heroic Husband
15. 15.CHAPTER X — The Lion — The Lion has the Fangs, the Tongue, the Claws, and the Paws of a Cat — How the Lion is Different from Other Cats
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — The Lion's Daily Life
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — The Lion a Noble Animal — Androcles and the Lion — The Lady and the Lioness
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — The Leopard — The Leopard's Ground Color and Spots — Why the Leopard has Spots
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — The Leopard's Habits — The Panther: Popular Name for Large Leopard — How the Leopard Seizes his Prey — The Leopard's One Amiable Quality—He Loves Perfumes — The Leopard and the Lavender
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — American Leopard: The Jaguar
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — The Dog Tribe — The American Gray Wolf — The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Gun — The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Trap — The American Wolf Learns to Evade the Poison — Transcriber's note

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