Index:The animal story book.djvu
CONTENTS
More Faithful than Favoured 310 Dolphins, Turtles, and Cod 316 More about Elephants . . 321 Bungey 329 Lions and their Ways . . 333 The History of Jacko I. . 338 Signora and Lori . . . 348 Of the Linnet, Popinjay, or Parrot, and other Birds that can Speak . . . . 351 Patch and the Chickens . . 354 The Fierce Falcon . . . . 356 Mr. Bolt, the Scotch Terrier . 360 A Raven's Funeral .... 364 A Strange Tiger .... 368 Halcyons and their Biographers 373 The Story of a Frog . . . 375 The Woodpecker Tapping on the Hollow Oak Tree . . 384 Dogs Over the Water . . . 387 The Capocier and his Mate . 394 Owls and Marmots .... 396 Eagles' Nests 399
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Tom is invited to the Ball 3 'The Minuet was Tom's greatest Triumph' 9 Tom discovered in the Box 12 'They at last all took hold of his Tail' 16 Terror of the Orang-outang at Saï 17 Saï has to take a Pill 21 The Cats no match for the Buzzard 27 The Buzzard carries off Hat and Wig 28 'Seeing such a number of Rats, he left his Horses and ran for his Life' 37 The Rats in the Larder 41 The Baron kills the Snake 44 The Baron slays the Horned Snake 46 How the Indians make the Horned Snake disgorge his Dinner . . 48 The Elephant helps the Gardener 53 De Narsac recognises his Friend's Dog 57 The Dog flies at Macaire in the presence of the King 61 The Baron kills the Bear 75 The Grizzly 79 Androcles in the Lion's Cave 93 Androcles in the Arena 97 'Monsieur Dumas, may I accommodate you with my Monkey and my Parrot?' 107 The Auvergnat and his Monkey Ill The Last of the Laidmanoirs and Mademoiselle Desgarcins . . 120 Dumas arrives at Stora with his Vulture 127 'It's a regular Kennel' 131 Jugurtha becomes Diogenes ... 135 Pritchard and the Hens 142 'Pritchard reappeared next moment with a Hare in his Mouth ' . 145 Cartouche outwits Pyramus 156 Mademoiselle de Laistre and her Weasel 161 'When Day broke' 166
The Death of the Famous Wolf of Gévaudan 171 'The Long Vigil' 187 The Capture of the Cayman 197 The Wounding of Fido 201 The Dream of the Hungry Lion 207 Cagnotte comes out of his Skin 217 'And what do you Think she Saw ' 221 Blanche telling Ghost Stories to Jane in the Stable 227 How the Dolphins helped the Fishermen to catch the Mullets . . 234 Two Oran Otans 238 The Baboons who stole the Poor Man's Dinner 241 Birds' Nests for Dinner 258 'In the full enjoyment of a large lighted Log on the Dining-room Carpet ' 261 'Oscar would charge and rout them 265 'Oscar felt rather Frightened' 269 'Oh, Oscar, Oscar, lad what have you Done ?' 271 The Boy goes to School on the Dolphin's back 275 Dumas finds Joseph standing on Gazelle's back 284 Dumas brings Gazelle to No. 109 Faubourg St.-Denis 288 The Lion caught in the Pit 297 The Ambush 300 'All Three stopped to gaze at the Man who dared to put himself in their Path ' 303 'And pinned Him to the Ground' 314 'Long, Long Ago.' The Elephant dreams of his Old Com- panions 323 The Elephant falls on his knees before the little Scotch Terrier . . 327 Bungey at the Spanish Ambassador's House 331 The Hottentot noticed a huge Lion lying in the Water 335 Annoyance of the Captain on finding his Flask of Rum upset . . 339 Lori refuses to Share with the Signora 349 A Raven's Funeral 365 The Tiger and his Friend . . . . , 369 Love's disgraceful Behaviour out Shooting 377 The Sole Result of his Day's Sport 380 Mademoiselle Camargo becomes a Barometer 381 The Faithful Spaniel 389 |
