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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10737 ***
+
+BOOK
+ABOUT
+ANIMALS.
+
+CONCORD, N. H.
+
+RUFUS MERRILL.
+
+1850.
+
+[Illustration: Laplander Travelling.]
+
+
+ABOUT ANIMALS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Elephant.]
+
+THE ELEPHANT.
+
+Is the biggest of all land animals. He is more than five times as big
+as an ox. But he is a harmless creature, for all that. When he is
+wild, and lives in the woods, he will run away, if you attempt to go
+near him. When he is tame, he will take a piece of cake out of your
+pocket, and let you ride upon his back.
+
+
+[Illustration: Ourang Outang.]
+
+The Ourang Outang is a species of the ape; it has long arms and hands,
+with very long fingers. It is much larger than the ape, and some have
+been found about six feet high, when standing erect. It is capable of
+walking nearly erect; but the usual gait on the ground is like a
+cripple who supports himself on his hands, and draws his body forward.
+Its home, like the monkey family, seems to be on the trees. The hair
+is of a brownish red color, and covers his back, arms, legs, and the
+outside of his hands and feet. The face has no hair except whiskers on
+its side. He inhabits Malacca, Cochin China, and particularly the
+island of Borneo.
+
+
+[Illustration: Opossums.]
+
+The Opossum is an American animal, having a head like the fox, and
+large eyes. The head is mostly white, and the body is covered with
+long black-and-white hairs. He climbs up trees with great facility,
+hides himself in the leaves to catch birds, or hangs himself by the
+tail from a branch. It seeks its food in the night, and lives on
+fruit, insects, and birds' eggs. Its teeth are fifty in number. The
+most remarkable circumstance in the natural history of this animal is
+the pouch which is formed under the belly of the female, in which it
+carries its young ones when they are small. If the little creatures
+are frightened when absent from their mother, they scamper to this
+asylum as soon as possible.
+
+
+[Illustration: The Antelope.]
+
+THE COMMON ANTELOPE
+
+Of this numerous tribe of animals, there is perhaps no species so
+truly elegant in its appearance as this, and although it is one of the
+most common, yet its habits are but little known. It is very numerous
+in all the northern parts of Africa. In size, it is rather smaller
+than the fallow deer. Its color is a dusky brown, mixed with red; the
+tail is short; the horns, which are about sixteen inches long, are
+black, distinctly annulated almost to the top, and have three curves.
+The brachia, or sides of the lyre, were frequently made of these
+horns, as appears from ancient gems. The female is destitute of horns,
+and has a white stripe on the flanks.
+
+
+[Illustration: Hare.]
+
+THE RABBIT.
+
+The Rabbit is a very pretty animal, and loves to live about the house
+and barn, in a state of friendship with all around it. It has no
+defence, but to run away; and so harmless and innocent is it, that
+nobody can have the heart to do it injury. It feeds upon clover,
+apples, and other fruits, and will often sit for hours in some snug
+covered place, quietly chewing its cud, with the greatest
+satisfaction. There is another kind of rabbit, which runs wild in the
+woods and fields. He is remarkably swift of foot, and no dog can
+overtake him in a race, but a grey-hound. His fur is very soft, and is
+used in making coarse hats.
+
+
+[Illustration: Musk Deer.]
+
+THE MUSK DEER
+
+These animals are found in the Alpine mountains of Asia and Siberia.
+Their favorite haunts are the tops of mountains covered with pines,
+where they delight to wander in places the most difficult of access.
+They are hunted for the sake of their well-known perfume, which is
+contained in an oval bag about the size of a small hen's egg, hanging
+from the abdomen. This receptacle is found constantly filled with a
+soft, unctuous, brownish substance, of the most powerful and
+penetrating scent, and which is the perfume in its natural state. When
+close, and in large quantities, the smell is very powerful and
+injurious.
+
+
+[Illustration: Polar Bear.]
+
+THE POLAR BEAR.
+
+The Polar Bear is distinguished for his tremendous ferocity. They are
+very numerous in the polar seas. There it is seen not only on land and
+fixed ice, but on floating ice several leagues out at sea. At sea, the
+food of this animal is fish, seals, and the carcases of whales; on
+land, it preys upon deer and other animals, and will, like the Black
+Bear, eat many kinds of berries. In winter, it beds itself deeply
+under the snow or eminences of ice, and awaits, in a torpid state, the
+return of the sun.
+
+The Black Bear lives in the woods of the United States, and is not as
+large as the Polar or Brown Bear, but lives very much like the Polar
+bear.
+
+
+[Illustration: Flying Squirrel.]
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Book about Animals, by Rufus Merrill
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 10737 ***