CONTENTS
PAGETHE ZOO IN A FROST1THE GHOSTS OF THE TROPICAL FOREST13THE BUTTERFLY FARM AT THE ZOO20PATTERNS ON LIVING ANIMALS29THE GIRAFFE’S OBITUARY38THE ELECTRIC EEL48DEEP-SEA LAMPS55THE LION HOUSE AT THE ZOO62DIVING BIRDS AT THE ZOO77TAME DIVERS86THE QUEST FOR THE WILD HORSE91ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—THE ANIMAL SENSE OF BEAUTY99ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—SCENTS AND SOUNDS109ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE FIRST VISIT115ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE SECOND VISIT123ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE CHOICE OF INSTRUMENTS131TALKING BIRDS139ELEPHANT LIFE IN ENGLAND146WANTED—A NEW MEAT162AN EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL PRESERVATION170“JAMRACH’S”177EXPRESSION IN THE ANIMAL EYE192LONDON BEARS200YOUNG ANIMALS AT THE ZOO210ANIMAL COLOURING222WILD-CATS AT THE ZOO229THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS240RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MONKEYS248THE LARGER MONKEYS255LIZARDS AND CROCODILES AT THE ZOO263FROM THE ANIMALS’ POINT OF VIEW270POSSIBLE PETS278THE PARIS ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN THE TWO SIEGES287OTHER BEASTS OF BURDEN293THE SOLDIER’S CAMEL302THE CANADIAN BEAVER311THE TEMPER OF ANIMALS318CRIMINAL ANIMALS325A YEAR AT THE ZOO334