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1. TIGERS IN THE AIR

2. TIGERS VICTORIOUS [ 29 ]

3. WORKING ALONGSIDE

4. AT VERY CLOSE QUARTERS

5. THE CHARGE OF THE TIGRESS

V [ 46 ] THE GIRL AND THE TIGRESS

VI [ 54 ] THE OLD MEN AND THE TIGER

VII [ 58 ] RECOVERING THE CORPSE

VIII [ 62 ] THE INSPECTOR’S ESCAPE

IX [ 67 ] THE SOUND OF HUMANITY

X [ 74 ] THE TIGER AT THE RIFLE-RANGE

XI [ 84 ] A LESSON FROM THE WATER BUFFALO

1. THE BUFFALO AND THE SKUNK

2. HUNTING THE BUFFALO

3. TAMING THE BUFFALO

XII [ 93 ] THE BUFFALO AND THE CROCODILE

XIII [ 97 ] A NEST OF CROCODILES

XIV [ 107 ] USEFUL SNAKES

XV [ 110 ] THE TUCKTOO

XVI [ 113 ] THE KITTEN’S CATCH

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

XVIII [ 133 ] ON HEADS IN GENERAL

XIX [ 139 ] THE UNFINISHED SPEECH AND DANCE

XX [ 145 ] THE BIG PET CAT

XXI [ 150 ] THE LEOPARD THAT NEEDED A DENTIST

XXII [ 152 ] THE DEVIL AS A LEOPARD

XXIII [ 159 ] THE GALLANT LEOPARD

XXIV [ 166 ] A DUMB APPEAL PUT INTO WORDS

XXV [ 171 ] THE FOX IN THE SUEZ CANAL

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

XXVII [ 194 ] A RUN FOR LIFE

XXVIII [ 196 ] MOTHER’S LOVE AMONG THE MONKEYS

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

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

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

XXXII [ 307 ] A CHINESE HUNTER (740 B.C.)