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+Project Gutenberg's Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, by Anonymous
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+Title: Chatterbox Stories of Natural History
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+  [Illustration]
+
+  CHATTERBOX
+
+  STORIES OF
+
+  NATURAL HISTORY
+
+  NEW YORK R. WORTHINGTON 770 BROADWAY.
+
+  COPYRIGHT,
+
+  1880,
+
+  By R. WORTHINGTON.
+
+  New York: J. J. Little & Co., Printers, 10 to 20 Astor Place.
+
+
+         *       *       *       *       *
+
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ |Transcriber's note: There was no Table of Contents in the original book,|
+ |and one has been provided for this version.                             |
+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+  THE KING OF THE CASTLE.
+  ZEBRA AND YOUNG.
+  MRS. BRUIN AND FAMILY.
+  LITTLE OWLS.
+  AUROCHS.
+  THE KANGAROO.
+  THE PEACOCK.
+  SWANS.
+  THE SEA LION.
+  A--THE ASS.
+  BADGERS.
+  THE BIRD'S NEST.
+  THE CHAMOIS.
+  JACKO WITH PUSSY'S BONE.
+  MEMBERS OF THE POACHING FRATERNITY.
+  A COW WORKING A PUMP.
+  CARRIER PIGEONS.
+  THE SIASIN, OR ANTELOPE OF INDIA.
+  THE COMMON SNIPE.
+  D--THE DOE.
+  MRS. BUNNY AND FAMILY.
+  THE LYNX.
+  THE SWAN AND THE DRAKE.
+  THE BEAVER.
+  LIONESS AND CUBS.
+  A PET JACK.
+  THE SWALLOW'S NEST.
+  THE BRAVE DOG OF ST. BERNARD.
+  G--THE GIRAFFE.
+  MOTHER-DEER AND BABY.
+  WHOOPING CRANE.
+  THE ELK.
+  TOYS FOR ANIMALS.
+  THE SUCKING-PIG.
+  BELL-RINGERS.
+  THE GUINEA-PIG.
+  J--THE JAY.
+  WAITING.
+  THE ARGUS.
+  THE YOUNG MONKEY.
+  THE CLEVER FOX.
+  TESTING HIS STRENGTH.
+  A WISE DOG.
+  M--THE MANDRILL.
+  SPRING.
+  SUMMER.
+  TIMOTHY.
+  THE BRAVE COCKATOO.
+  HARE TAKING THE WATER.
+  AUTUMN.
+  WINTER.
+  OUR WILD BIRDS.
+  P--THE PELICAN.
+  BLACKBIRDS AND YOUNG.
+  A USEFUL PILOT.
+  JACK.
+  S--THE SWALLOW.
+  A SINGULAR HABIT OF THE WOODCOCK.
+  THE SKY-LARK
+  THE STORY OF A SEAL.
+  THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS.
+  THE BEE.
+  V--THE VULTURE.
+  MOTHER AND PUPS.
+  THE FRIENDLY TERNS.
+  Y--THE YAK.
+  SHEEP AND LAMBS.
+  THE CAPTIVE SQUIRREL.
+  A STROLL IN THE COUNTRY.
+  THE OTTER.
+  THE MASTIFF.
+  THE CUNNING WOOD-PIGEONS.
+  SEA REPTILES.
+  SWISS MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
+  PARTRIDGE AND YOUNG.
+  THE KINGFISHERS' HOME.
+  RATS CARRYING EGGS UP STAIRS.
+  A HERON ATTACKED BY A HAWK.
+  A HORSE GUARDIAN.
+  BATTLE BETWEEN A FOX AND A SWAN.
+  TOUSY.
+
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+[Illustration: CARLO.]
+
+
+
+
+THE KING OF THE CASTLE.
+
+
+As the lion is called the king of beasts, so the eagle is called the
+king of birds; but except that it is bigger, stronger, and swifter than
+other birds, there does not seem much reason for the name. It is a
+mistake to attribute noble or mean qualities to animals or birds, or to
+think they can do good or bad actions, when they can only do what God
+has created them to do, and as their instinct teaches.
+
+The most powerful of the eagles is the Golden Eagle, so called because
+of the rich yellowish-brown bordering to its feathers. It makes its nest
+in the clefts of the rocky sides of the mountains, and seldom on a tree,
+unless where one has sprung up in between the clefts, and the tangled
+roots make a sort of platform. This the eagles cover with sticks, and
+here they make their house, living in it always, and not only when they
+lay eggs or have young ones.
+
+If there are eaglets in the nest, the food is at once carried home to
+them, and the skinning and eating done at home. Eagles are very
+attentive to their young, and feed them with great care until they are
+able to take care of themselves.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+ZEBRA AND YOUNG.
+
+
+Mrs. Zebra, standing with her baby by her side, asks proudly of the
+lookers-on, "Did you ever see such a likeness?" and certainly mother and
+child are very much alike, striped all over their bodies, from head to
+foot, and from nose to tail, with the same regular marks of black.
+Strong and wild by nature, the zebra family are left very much to
+themselves, which is a source of great happiness to the mother and child
+in the picture before us. "No! no! my baby is not going to become as
+tame as the donkey, or to draw carts and carriages like the horse; it is
+to have its freedom, and go just where it likes all over these large
+plains;"--so says Mrs. Zebra, and she means it too, for if anybody took
+the trouble to go all the way to the hot country of Africa, where Mrs.
+Zebra is at home, and tried to carry off her baby, they would find their
+journey a vain one, and that she would kick severely, and perhaps break
+the legs of the person bold enough to take away her darling.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+MRS. BRUIN AND FAMILY.
+
+
+This is the American black bear, who is looking so lively and seemingly
+inviting the young folks to have a romp, which they will be only too
+willing to join in. The black bear is of a timid disposition, and seldom
+attacks man except in self-defense. The female bear is a most
+affectionate mother, and many stories are related showing her care and
+love for her young, and her sorrow and mournful cries when any evil
+befalls them. On one occasion a black bear with her two cubs was pursued
+across the ice by some armed sailors. At first she urged her cubs to
+increased speed, but finding her pursuers gaining upon them, she
+carried, pushed, and pitched them, alternately, forward, until she
+effected their escape from her pursuers.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+LITTLE OWLS.
+
+
+Who has not at one time or other of his life read fairy tales and
+sympathized with stories of enchanted princes and princesses? I once
+thought of this when a country boy offered me a nest with four of the
+young of the Little Owl. I put them into a large cage, where they could
+stare at each other and at my pigeons to their hearts' content.
+
+Let me say that this little owl is a very useful bird, for it keeps
+mice, bats, beetles, and other creatures in check, which might otherwise
+multiply too fast. On a spring or summer evening you may hear its
+plaintive hoot among the apple-blossoms of an orchard, or the sheaves of
+a cornfield. Curiously enough, this simple sound earned the little bird
+the name of being the harbinger of death, and peasants believed that
+whenever its cry was heard where sickness was in the family, the patient
+was sure to die.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+AUROCHS.
+
+
+An Aurochs in blind rage, charging through thick and thin, has had a
+fascination for me as long as I can remember. The true aurochs and this,
+the European Bison, ceased to exist in the British Isles, except in the
+Zoological Gardens; but the latter is still found wild in Lithuania, and
+is also carefully preserved in other parts of Russia, of which the
+Emperor has a herd. There is much talk about their being untamable--that
+they will not mix with tame cattle--that tame cows shrink from the
+aurochs' calves; but does not any cow shrink from any calf not her own?
+The American Bison, with which you are all pretty familiar, is very
+similar to the one just mentioned. There have been several attempts made
+to domesticate the American bison, and have been so far successful. The
+size and strength of the animal make it probable that if domesticated,
+it would be of great use.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE KANGAROO.
+
+
+"Well," said little Herbert Joyce, as he looked over the books of
+drawings which his cousin had just brought home from Australia, "I never
+saw anything so extraordinary before in all my life; why here is an
+animal with three heads, and two of them are very low down, and much
+smaller than the others." "What do you mean, Herbert?" asked his cousin,
+who just then came into the room. "There are no three-headed
+animals--let me see the picture. Oh! no wonder you were puzzled; it does
+look like a queer creature. That is a kangaroo, and the small heads
+belong to her children, whom she carries about in a bag formed by a hole
+in her skin, until they are old enough to walk; and the little things
+seem very happy there; and sometimes, as their mother moves along over
+the grass, you may see them nibbling it."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE PEACOCK.
+
+
+Proud bird! I watched thee stalking by,
+  With stately step and slow,
+As though thou fain would'st charm each eye
+  With glittering pomp and show:
+
+And truly thou art brave to see,
+  In heaven's hues arrayed,
+And plainer birds at sight of thee
+  Might shrink and be dismayed:
+
+Yet, pampered bird! there still are those
+  I value higher far,
+Albeit their garb nor glints nor glows
+  With many a jeweled star.
+
+I love them for their gentle ways,
+  Their voices soft and sweet
+In summer chorus, that repays
+  Right well their winter's meat.
+
+For what is outward form at best
+  But accident of birth?
+That form in splendid raiment drest
+  Is still but common earth.
+
+And yet 'tis he whose painted plumes
+  Shine fairest in the sun,
+Who haughtiest look of pride assumes,
+  As though by him 'twere done.
+
+We smile to see yon bird strut by,
+  Thus proud of his array;
+But human friends we may espy
+  As foolish every day.
+
+Not beauty's form nor grand attire
+  Upon the wise will tell,
+But _acts_ of those who e'er aspire
+  To do their DUTY well.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: FEEDING THE PET.]
+
+
+
+
+SWANS.
+
+
+This beautiful and majestic bird was considered the bird-royal in
+England, owing to a law of England that when found in a partially wild
+state on the sea and navigable rivers it belonged to the crown; but of
+course it is to be found on the ponds and lakes of many a gentleman's
+estate, and is always prized as a great ornament to the lake. The swan
+is also very valuable in clearing the ponds of weeds, and makes a most
+effective clearance, as they eat them before they rise to the surface.
+The swan affords a pleasing illustration of the love of the mother-bird
+for its young, and has been known to vanquish a fox who made an attack
+on its nest--showing that the instinct of motherhood kindles boldness
+and bravery in the breast of the most timid animals. The nest is
+generally made on an islet, and composed of reeds and rushes, and when
+the five or seven large eggs are hatched, the mother may be seen
+swimming about with the young ones on her back.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE SEA LION.
+
+
+Although such large and powerful creatures, these sea lions are innocent
+and playful. See, one of them has reared himself up on his hind legs, if
+legs they may be called, and is sitting on a chair with his flappers
+over the back of the chair. It inhabits the eastern shores of
+Kamtchatka, and is in some places extremely abundant, and measuring
+about fifteen feet in length. It is much addicted to roaring, which, as
+much as the mane of the old males, has obtained for it the name of the
+Sea Lion. The old males have a fierce appearance, yet they fly in great
+haste on the approach of man, but if driven to extremities they will
+fight desperately; but in captivity they are capable of being tamed, and
+become very familiar with man. The scientific name of the sea lion is
+Otary.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE LION.]
+
+
+
+
+A--THE ASS.
+
+
+_A Forbear to vex the patient Ass,
+Its heaving sides to goad,
+And far and safe its useful back
+Will carry many a load._
+
+
+B--THE BITTERN.
+
+
+_In reedy swamp and lonely marsh,
+Where all is shade and gloom,
+The Bittern stalks, and you may hear
+His voice in sullen boom._
+
+
+C--THE CAMEL.
+
+
+_The Camel is a useful beast,
+Patient, and slow, and mild;
+To man a blessing and a boon
+In Afric's sandy wild._
+
+
+
+
+BADGERS.
+
+
+One day at the Zoological Gardens, I saw the group of Badgers as they
+are here given. Little do visitors to the gardens take into account how
+much a wild animal goes through till it has got used to a state of
+things so opposite to its natural habits. Their wants are attended to as
+much as possible, but cannot be always met; and so we have here a
+devoted mother, worn out by the demands of her cubs, and vainly anxious
+to hide herself from daylight and man's gaze. She has long given up
+trying to dig or scratch her way out. All she can do is to lean against
+the wall, ready for a last defence, should anybody come within her
+prison. She dares not curl up into a ball, like the one cub, and go to
+sleep; while this little careless imp on her back, happy and trustful,
+adds to her tiredness by his weight.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BIRD'S NEST.
+
+
+"Her little nest, so soft and warm,
+  God teaches her to make it;
+I would not dare to do her harm,
+  I would not dare to take it."
+
+How curious is the structure of the nest of the Bullfinch or Chaffinch!
+The inside of it is lined with cotton and fine silken threads; and the
+outside cannot be sufficiently admired, though it is composed only of
+various kinds of fine moss. The color of these mosses, resembling that
+of the bark of the tree in which the nest is built, proves that the bird
+intended it should not be easily discovered. In some nests, hair, wool,
+and rushes are cleverly interwoven. In others, the parts are firmly
+fastened by a thread, which the bird makes of hemp, wool, hair, or, more
+commonly, of spiders' webs. Other birds--as, for instance, the blackbird
+and the lapwing--after they have constructed their nests, plaster the
+inside with mortar; they then stick upon it, while quite wet, some wool
+or moss to give warmth; but all alike construct their nests so as to add
+to their security.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CHAMOIS.
+
+
+The chamois are indeed high-born, for among the high mountain-peaks,
+where the eternal snow rests and the Alpine roses bloom, there they make
+their home! There they spring up over the snowy slopes to those heights
+to which man cannot climb. They rest upon the glittering ice, the snow
+does not blind them, neither does it cool their hot blood. Carelessly
+they stride across the snowed-over crevices, and when the terrible
+storms, at which men are so alarmed, hurl down rocks and avalanches from
+the summits, the Chamois do not fear them. They find their way safely
+through the thickest mist and darkest clouds. Agile and light-footed,
+gentle and peaceable, proud and courageous, they lead a happy life among
+the mountains, as long as man does not molest them.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+JACKO WITH PUSSY'S BONE.
+
+
+Jacko is a bird called a Macaw, and has fine feathers--scarlet and
+yellow and blue. Jacko can talk a little. He says, "Come along, Jacko,
+come along;" and when you come, as soon as he thinks you near enough, he
+pecks at you with his great beak. When he is in a good temper he will
+say, "Poor, poor!" He will sit upon the ivy all the morning and talk to
+himself, and he will call the gardener, and he will cough and sneeze,
+and crow and cackle, in a very funny manner. If Jacko sees sparrows
+picking up a few crumbs, he will rush up, sweeping his great wings along
+the ground, and take their meal for himself. If he sees poor Pussy
+picking a bone, he takes great delight in creeping down from his ivy,
+helping himself down with beak and claws, and at a sight of Jacko's
+approach Pussy darts away, leaving the bone in Jacko's possession.
+Pussy, of course, does not like this, but stands at a respectable
+distance, and with curved back and flashing eyes shows her indignation
+at Jacko. Presently Jacko retires to the ivy and Pussy resumes her
+feast.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+MEMBERS OF THE POACHING FRATERNITY.
+
+
+Among the various wild animals which inhabit the earth, it is difficult
+to decide which are really friendly and which are really hostile to
+man's interests. The actual fact appears to be that there is neither
+hostility nor friendship. If farmers and gardeners kill off too many
+birds, nature revenges herself by sending a plague of insects which the
+small birds, if alive, would have eaten. Gamekeepers ruthlessly shoot
+hawks and kites, or snare stoats and polecats, with the result that
+their game grows up too thick for its feeding ground, sickly specimens
+are allowed to linger on, and a destructive murrain follows. The rook,
+no doubt, is fond of eggs; but nevertheless he does the farmer good
+service when he devours the grubs which are turned up by the plow; and
+as the salmon disease, which of late has proved so destructive, is
+attributed by the best authorities to overcrowding, that glossy-coated
+fisherman, the otter, is really a benefactor to the followers of Izaak
+Walton's gentle craft.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: NEDDY'S BREAKFAST.]
+
+
+
+
+A COW WORKING A PUMP.
+
+
+My informant writes me as follows: "We have a wonderful cow here--about
+ten years old, and very clever at opening gates and breaking fences.
+There is an Abyssinnian pump about three feet high in the center of the
+field, near my house, over a trough, which is, or ought to be, filled
+daily. It was on a hot day, when my man had omitted to pump the trough
+full, that the cow was first observed to help herself: the way in which
+she managed to pump was by pushing the handle up with her head and then
+forcing it down with her horns. Very little elevation of the handle is
+required to get water, and she would work it for five minutes together,
+and sometimes drank from the spout, and sometimes from the trough."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+CARRIER PIGEONS.
+
+
+The carrier pigeon is remarkable for the degree in which it possesses
+the instinct and power of returning from a distance to its accustomed
+home. In Eastern countries it is the practice to bathe the pigeon's feet
+in vinegar to keep them cool, and to prevent it from alighting in quest
+of water, by which the letter might sustain injury. Pigeons intended for
+this use must be brought from the place to which they are to return,
+within a short period, and must be kept in the dark and without food for
+at least eight hours before being let loose. The carrier pigeon was of
+great service during the siege of Paris in 1871, and conveyed many
+important messages. It goes through the air at the rate of thirty miles
+an hour, but has been known to fly even faster.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
+
+THE STORK.
+
+THE VIRGINIAN HORNED OWL.
+
+THE CRANE.]
+
+[Illustration: THE WHALE.
+
+THE ELEPHANT.
+
+THE WHITE RHINOCEROS.
+
+THE HIPPOPOTAMUS, OR BEHEMOTH.]
+
+
+
+
+THE SIASIN, OR ANTELOPE OF INDIA.
+
+
+The Siasin, or Antelope of India, roams over the open and rocky plains
+of that immense country. It is distinguished from the rest of its family
+by the beauty and singular shape of its horns, which are annulated or
+ringed, and spirally convoluted or curved together, making two or more
+turns, according to the age of the animal. The fakirs and dervishes of
+India, who are enjoined by their religion from carrying swords,
+frequently wear at their girdles the polished horns of the siasin
+instead of the usual military arm. This antelope is one of the
+fleetest-footed of its family, and its leap is something wonderful. It
+is not uncommon for it to vault to the height of twelve or thirteen
+feet, passing over ten or twelve yards at a single bound. In color it is
+almost black on the upper part of the body, and light-colored beneath.
+When full grown, it is about the size of our common deer.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE COMMON SNIPE.
+
+
+These birds frequent swampy woods, marshes, morasses, and the borders of
+rivers. Their usual time for seeking their food is early in the morning
+and during the twilight of the evening. They subsist principally upon
+insects and worms; for these they search among the decayed leaves, and
+probe the mud and ooze with their lengthened bills. When alarmed, they
+generally lie close to the ground, or among the grass, or, suddenly
+starting on the wing, escape by flight, which is short but elevated,
+rapid, and irregular. The eggs, which are four in number, are deposited
+on the ground. In the snipe, and all its immediate allies, the bill is
+thickened, soft, and very tender at its extremity; so that this part,
+which is richly supplied with nerves, serves as a delicate organ of
+touch, and is used for searching in the soft ground for the insects and
+worms that constitute the food of these birds.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: A VISIT TO THE MONKEYS.]
+
+
+
+
+D--THE DOE.
+
+
+Graceful and gentle is the Doe;
+  Its tawny coat how sleek!
+How bright yet tender are its eyes!
+  Its glance how softly meek!
+
+
+E--THE EAGLE.
+
+
+Upon the lonely mountain peak
+  The eagle builds her nest,
+And there, when weary of the chase,
+  In silence takes her rest.
+
+
+F--THE FOX.
+
+
+The Fox will skulk in ferny brake,
+  Yet loves the haunts of men;
+And prowls around the farm, to pounce
+  On capon, goose, or hen.
+
+
+
+
+MRS. BUNNY AND FAMILY.
+
+
+This wild Rabbit has been startled by some noise, and the next moment
+she may be scampering away to her burrow, with the little bunnies, at
+the top of their speed, and crouch there until all is quiet again.
+Rabbits usually select, if possible, a sandy soil overgrown with furze,
+in which to make their burrows, as such a soil is easily removed, and
+the dense prickly furze hides their retreat, whilst it affords them a
+wholesome and never-failing food. These furze bushes are constantly
+eaten down, as far as the rabbits can reach standing on their hind legs,
+and consequently present the appearance of a solid mass with the surface
+even and rounded. These animals retire into their burrows by day to
+rest, and come out only in the twilight to obtain food.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE LYNX.
+
+
+The body of the lynx, beautifully spotted with black and brown rings, is
+more solid and hardy than that of the wild cat. His ears are longer, his
+tail is shorter, his great eyes light up like bright flames; and since
+he prowls about chiefly at night, he is thought to have very keen sight.
+For this reason, when we wish to say that a person can see very clearly
+or can look beyond the outward appearance of things, we call him
+_lynx-eyed_. Like all cats, the lynx possesses in his mustache a very
+correct power of feeling. This, with the sense of hearing and sight,
+guides him in all his expeditions.
+
+The lynx in the picture is in the act of springing upon a timid hare.
+Although he can measure twenty paces in a jump, I think for once he has
+made a misstep, and the dear little creature with one more bound will be
+safe. One very remarkable fact about these animals is this: if there are
+several together, and one starts over the snow in pursuit of booty, all
+the others will follow in exactly the same tracks, so that it will look
+as if but one lynx had passed over the snow-covered earth.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: GOOD MORNING, BIRDIE!]
+
+
+
+
+THE SWAN AND THE DRAKE.
+
+
+Slowly, in majestic silence,
+  Sailed a Swan upon a lake;
+Round about him, never quiet,
+  Swam a noisy quacking Drake.
+
+"Swan," exclaimed the latter, halting,
+  "I can scarcely comprehend
+Why I never hear you talking:
+  Are you really dumb, my friend?"
+
+Said the Swan, by way of answer:
+  "I have wondered, when you make
+Such a shocking, senseless clatter,
+  Whether you are deaf, Sir Drake!"
+
+Better, like the Swan, remain in
+  Silence grave and dignified,
+Than keep, drake-like, ever prating,
+  While your listeners deride.
+
+W. R. E.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BEAVER.
+
+
+This industrious animal is generally found in Canada and the northern
+portions of the United States, where it makes its home on the banks of
+the rivers and lakes. Here they assemble in hundreds to assist each
+other in the construction of their dams, and in the building of their
+houses, which are put together with a considerable amount of engineering
+skill. The materials used in building the dams are wood, stones, and
+mud, which they collect themselves for that purpose, and after finishing
+the dam, or winter storehouse, they collect their stores for the
+winter's use, and then make a connection with their houses in the banks.
+Their skins are valuable in making fine hats, and their flesh is much
+relished by the hunters. The beaver is an interesting animal in many
+respects, and the expression "busy as a beaver" is borne out by its
+habits.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE TURTLE-DOVE.]
+
+[Illustration: THE CUCKOO.]
+
+[Illustration: THE PEACOCK.]
+
+[Illustration: THE TAME, OR MUTE SWAN.]
+
+[Illustration: THE LIONESS AND CUBS.]
+
+[Illustration: THE LEOPARD.]
+
+[Illustration: THE SYRIAN BEAR.]
+
+[Illustration: THE JACKAL.]
+
+
+
+
+LIONESS AND CUBS.
+
+
+The lioness is much smaller than the lion, and her form is more slender
+and graceful. She is devoid of the mane of her lord and master, and has
+four or five cubs at a birth, which are all born blind. The young lions
+are at first obscurely striped and spotted. They mew like cats, and are
+as playful as kittens. As they get older, the uniform color is gradually
+assumed. The mane appears in the males at the end of ten or twelve
+months, and at the age of eighteen months it is very considerably
+developed, and they begin to roar. Both in nature and in a state of
+captivity the lioness is very savage as soon as she becomes a mother,
+and the lion himself is then most to be dreaded, as he will then brave
+almost any risk for the sake of his lioness and family.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A PET JACK.
+
+
+The first fish I ever saw in an aquarium, twenty years ago, was a
+"Jack," as he is called when young, or a "Pike," when he grows older;
+and ever since then I have contrived to have a pet one, and this, drawn
+from life by Mr. Harrison Weir, is an accurate portrait of the one I now
+possess in the Crystal Palace Aquarium. There he is, just as he steals
+round the corner of a bit of rock. He is glaring at a minnow, at which
+he is taking most accurate aim; he hardly seems to move, but yet he does
+by a very trifling motion of the edge of his back fin--sometimes resting
+a little on the tips of his two foremost fins, as they touch the ground,
+carefully calculating his distance; and then, at the very moment when
+the minnow has got into a position which leaves a space of clear water
+in front, so that Mr. Jack shall not hurt his nose against any hard
+substance when he gets carried on by the violence of his rush, he darts
+at the minnow with the speed of Shakspeare's Puck:--
+
+"I go, I go! look, how I go!
+Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow."
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE SWALLOW'S NEST.
+
+
+Often in former years the twitter of the birds glittering in the morning
+sun was the first sound that met my ear during the wakeful hours which
+frequently accompany illness after the worst crisis has passed, and you
+are recovering by degrees. The gutters ran beneath my bedroom windows,
+and I could see the steel-blue backs of the swallows as they sat on the
+rims of the gutter, twisting their little heads, opening their
+yellow-lined beaks, singing to their hearts' content. Whole families
+would perch there together, or the young would rest in rows of four or
+five, according to the nest-broods of each. How delightful to see them
+fed by their agile parents! how tantalizing to have them almost within
+reach of my hands, yet not to be able to catch them or give them a kiss,
+as they would cower in my hollow hands if I only could have got them in
+there!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BRAVE DOG OF ST. BERNARD.
+
+
+Where the St. Bernard Pass climbs up
+  Amid the Alpine snows,
+The far-famed Hospice crowns the heights
+  With shelter and repose.
+
+Its inmates, with their faithful dogs,
+  Are truly friends in need
+When snowdrifts block the traveler's way,
+  And blinding storms mislead.
+
+Brave "Barry," once, far down the track
+  That crossed a glacier steep,
+Found buried deep beneath the snow
+  A poor boy, fast asleep.
+
+He licked the cold, numb hands and face
+  To warmth and life once more,
+And bore him safely on his back
+  Up to the Hospice door.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: COME TO ME!]
+
+
+
+
+G--THE GIRAFFE.
+
+
+_Full seventeen feet the Giraffe tall
+Measures "from top to toe,"
+And with his neck outstretched can reach
+The branch that bendeth low._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+H--THE HYENA.
+
+
+_In Asia and in Africa
+The fierce Hyenas prowl,
+And oft at night the traveler starts
+To hear their savage howl._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+I--THE ICHNEUMON.
+
+
+_A foe to birds and rats and mice,
+See the Ichneumon glide!
+Oft, too, on reptiles or their eggs
+Its hungry teeth are tried._
+
+
+
+
+MOTHER-DEER AND BABY.
+
+
+Something has startled them, as they fed securely enough, one would
+think, on the grass at the foot of the rocks; and if we could only get a
+little nearer, this is what we should hear the mother-deer saying to her
+baby: "My child, I am sure there is danger about; look out and tell me
+if you see the slightest movement on the hill yonder, or if I see it
+first, I will give you the signal, and you must follow me, and run for
+your very life." And the baby, with cocked ears and glistening eyes,
+promises to do as it is told. But after all it will probably prove a
+false alarm, for this is not the time of year for deerstalking; and I
+dare say the noise they heard was made by a party of people coming up
+the valley below to see the waterfall, which is famous in the
+neighborhood.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+WHOOPING CRANE.
+
+
+The Whooping Crane is much larger than the common crane, which it
+otherwise much resembles except in color; its plumage, in its adult
+state, is pure white, the tips of the wings black. He spends the winter
+in the southern parts of North America, and in summer migrates far
+northwards. The crane feeds on roots, seeds, etc., as well as on
+reptiles, worms, insects, and on some of the smaller quadrupeds. They
+journey in flocks from fifty to a hundred, and rise to an immense height
+in the air, uttering their loud harsh cries, and occasionally alighting
+to seek food in fields or marshes; and when they descend on a field they
+do sad havoc to the crops, several doing sentinel duty while the
+majority are feeding. In general it is a very peaceful bird, both in its
+own society and those of the forest.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE RAVEN.
+
+THE RING-DOVE.
+
+THE HOOPOE.
+
+THE COCK.]
+
+[Illustration: THE IBEX, OR ROCK GOAT.
+
+DEER.
+
+THE SYRIAN GOAT.
+
+THE ROE.]
+
+
+
+
+THE ELK.
+
+
+This is the largest existing species of the deer family, and is a native
+of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It grows to be six
+feet high and twelve hundred pounds in weight. They are very rare in
+Europe and this country, but at one time they extended as far south as
+the Ohio River. They love the woods and marshy places, and live off of
+the branches of trees, being unable to eat grass unless they get upon
+their knees. They are very timid, and not easily approached by the
+hunter, but should a dog come in the way, one stroke from an elk's foot
+will kill it. Many of the parents of our little friends in Maine and
+Canada are, no doubt, familiar with the elk and its habits.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+TOYS FOR ANIMALS.
+
+
+The "Daily News" says: "Our readers have often doubtless observed
+appeals in the papers for toys for sick children. We hear that a
+naturalist who feels much for animals is struck with the cruelty of
+leaving the creatures at the 'Zoo' without anything to play with. This
+gentleman had in his possession a young otter, for whom he made a wooden
+ball, to the extreme delight of his pet, who used to divert his simple
+instinct with it for whole hours at a stretch. Following up the idea,
+the same gentleman presented the elephants and rhinoceroses in the
+Zoological Gardens with globes for diversion suited to their sizes, but
+it seems the elephants took to playing ball so furiously, that 'there
+was danger of their houses being swept down altogether; so they were
+forbidden to use them indoors.' The polar bear was given a toy which, we
+are told, 'amuses him immensely.'"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE SUCKING-PIG.
+
+
+The other day our children came home delighted at having seen a little
+pig drinking out of a bottle, just like a baby. I went to see it, and I
+was introduced to its owner, who lived in a cottage, the principal room
+of which was painted light blue. A good-natured old woman was there with
+her two orphan grand-children. The red tiles of the cottage floor were
+enlivened by a gray-and-white cat, and a shiny-skinned little pig, of
+about a month old, which was fed out of a feeding-bottle. This was the
+hero of the place.
+
+The little pig is grateful for good treatment, and as capable of
+attachment as a horse or a dog. The pig is intelligent, and it can be
+taught tricks. Performing pigs are often the attractions of country
+fairs. I have seen pigs in the poor neighborhoods of London follow their
+masters through noisy streets, and into busy public-houses, where they
+laid down at their masters' feet like a dog.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+BELL-RINGERS.
+
+
+When a child, my father took me to see some feats performed by some
+traveling cats. They were called "the bell-ringers," and were
+respectively named Jet, Blanche, Tom, Mop, and Tib.
+
+Five bells were hung at regular intervals on a round hoop erected on a
+sort of stage. A rope was attached to each bell after the manner of
+church bells. At a given signal from their master, they all sprang to
+their feet, and at a second signal, each advanced to the ropes, and
+standing on their hind feet, stuck their front claws firmly into the
+ropes, which were in that part covered with worsted, or something of the
+kind, so as to give the claws a firmer hold. There was a moment's
+pause--then No. 1 pulled his or her rope, and so sounded the largest
+bell; No. 2 followed, then No. 3, and so on, till a regular peal was
+rung with almost as much precision and spirit as though it were human
+hands instead of cats' claws that effected it.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE GUINEA-PIG.
+
+
+The Guinea-pig is a native of South America, and is remarkable for the
+beauty and variety of its colors, and the neatness of its appearance.
+These little pets are very careful in keeping themselves and their
+offspring neat and tidy, and may be frequently seen smoothing and
+dressing their fur, somewhat in the manner of a cat. After having
+smoothed and dressed each other's fur, both turn their attention to
+their young, from whose coats they remove the smallest speck of dirt, at
+the same time trying to keep their hair smooth and unruffled. The
+Guinea-pig feeds on bread, grain, fruit, vegetables, tea leaves, and
+especially garden parsley, to which it is very partial. It generally
+gives birth to seven and eight young at a time, and they very soon are
+able to take care of themselves.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: FAITHFUL FRIENDS.]
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+J--THE JAY.
+
+
+_Methinks the Jay's a noisy bird,
+  Yet now with crimson breast,
+Silent and fond, she watches o'er
+  The treasures of her nest._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+K--THE KANGAROO.
+
+
+_The timid Kangaroo frequents
+  The wild Australian brakes;
+With long hind-legs and fore-legs short
+  Tremendous leaps he takes._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+L--THE LION.
+
+
+_With tawny hide and flowing mane,
+  And loud-resounding roar,
+Of animals the Lion's king,
+  And all bow down before._
+
+
+
+
+WAITING.
+
+
+Waiting for master to come down the stair,
+Are "Noble" and "Floss," and his favorite mare--
+"Brenda" the gentle, with skin soft and gray,
+Waiting the signal, "Now off and away."
+
+Noble stands holding the whip and the rein,
+His gaze fixed on Brenda, who tosses her mane;
+While dear little Floss sits quietly by,
+Winking and blinking her liquid brown eye.
+
+Master's so kind to them--nothing to fear
+Have horse or dogs when his footsteps they hear;
+Look how they're waiting with eagerness there,
+Ready to go with him everywhere.
+
+And what a pleasure it is when these three
+There on the staircase their kind master see;
+Now he is mounted, the waiting is o'er--
+Floss, Brenda, and Noble race off from the door.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE BABOON.
+
+THE ORANG-OUTAN.
+
+THE BARBARY APE.
+
+THE MARIMONDA.]
+
+[Illustration: THE FOUR-HORNED RAM.
+
+THE CHAMOIS.
+
+THE ETHIOPIAN HOG.
+
+THE OTTER.]
+
+
+
+
+THE ARGUS.
+
+
+The Argus is a bird with magnificent plumage; it inhabits the forests of
+Java and Sumatra, and takes its place beside the pheasant, from which it
+only differs in being unprovided with spurs, and by the extraordinary
+development of the secondary feathers of the wings in the male. The tail
+is large and round, and the two middle feathers are extremely long and
+quite straight. When paraded, as it struts round the female, spreading
+its wings and tail, this bird presents to the dazzled eye of the
+spectator two splendid bronze-colored fans, upon which is sprinkled a
+profusion of bright marks much resembling eyes. It owes its name of
+Argus to these spots.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE YOUNG MONKEY.
+
+
+A little Monkey chanced to find
+A walnut in its outward rind;
+He snatched the prize with eager haste,
+And bit it, but its bitter taste
+Soon made him throw the fruit away.
+"I've heard," he cried, "my mother say
+(But she was wrong), the fruit was good;
+Preserve me from such bitter food!"
+A monkey by experience taught,
+The falling prize with pleasure caught;
+Took off the husk and broke the shell,
+The kernel peeled, and liked it well.
+"Walnuts," said he, "are good and sweet,
+But must be opened ere you eat."
+And thus in life you'll always find
+Labor comes first--reward behind.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CLEVER FOX.
+
+
+One summer's day on the banks of the river Tweed, in Scotland, a fox sat
+watching a brood of wild ducks feeding in the river. Presently a branch
+of a fir tree floated in their midst, which caused them to rise in the
+air, and after circling round for some time, they again settled down on
+their feeding ground. At short intervals this was repeated, the branch
+floating from the same direction, until the ducks took no further notice
+of it than allowing it to pass by. Mr. Reynard noticed this; so he got a
+larger branch than the others, and crouching down among the leaves, got
+afloat, and coming to the ducks, who took no notice of the branch, he
+seized two of the ducks, and then allowed himself to be floated to the
+other side, where, we suppose, he had a repast.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+TESTING HIS STRENGTH.
+
+
+See this monster of the forest uprooting trees, as a test of its
+strength before entering on a fight with one of its companions, which is
+often a bitter struggle for supremacy. There are two species of
+Elephants, the Indian and African; the ears of the latter are much
+larger than the Indian, covering the whole shoulder, and descending on
+the legs. Elephants live in herds, and each herd has a leader--generally
+the largest and most powerful animal--who exercises much control over
+the herd, directing its movements, and giving the signal in the case of
+danger. The trunk of the Elephant is of great service to it, and is a
+wonderful combination of muscle; Curier, the famous Naturalist, stating
+that there is not far short of 40,000 muscles, having distinct action,
+and so giving it an acute sense of touch and smell--so much so, that it
+can pick up a pin, or pluck the smallest leaf. The Elephant is generally
+about ten feet high, and sometimes reaches to twelve feet, and lives to
+the age of seventy or eighty years.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A WISE DOG.
+
+
+There is a curly retriever at Arundel bearing the name of "Shock," which
+sets an example of good manners and intelligence to the animals which
+are not dumb. He carries the cat of the stables tenderly in his mouth,
+and would carry the kitten, but at present the kitten prefers its own
+means of locomotion. When Sanger's elephant got into trouble in the
+river Arun, this wise Shock was sent to turn him out, and his
+perseverance succeeded. He often will insist on carrying a bundle of
+umbrellas to the station, and safely he delivers them to their owners,
+and then, with many wags of his brown tail, he demands a halfpenny for
+his trouble. This halfpenny he carries to the nearest shop, lays it on
+the counter, and receives his biscuit in return. Need we say this dog
+has a kind, sensible master?
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: SUMMER.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+M--THE MANDRILL.
+
+
+_In Africa the Mandrill lives,
+  Full five feet tall he stands;
+With furrowed cheek-bones, tufted hair,
+  And hairy arms and hands._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+N--THE NYLGHAU.
+
+_In Hindustan's dense forest-depths,
+  Among the tangled groves,
+With slender limbs but powerful frame
+  The shapely Nylghau roves._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+O--THE OSTRICH.
+
+
+_O'er desert sands the Ostrich skims,
+  Beneath a burning sky;
+Swift as the swiftest horse he runs,
+  But has no wings to fly._
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+SPRING.
+
+
+When Spring's soft breath sets free the rills,
+  And melts the Winter's hoards of snow,
+How fast they leap adown the hills,
+  How wildly t'wards old ocean flow!
+
+Jack Frost! we gladly part with thee,
+  For long indeed thy iron hand
+Hath crushed the flowers relentlessly
+  That longed to brighten all the land.
+
+And now the busy plow can trace
+  Its furrows through the fallow ground,
+While countless lovely blossoms grace
+  The blooming fruit trees all around.
+
+Yet though the snow amidst the brook
+  Is gliding fast--it fain would stay,
+And as it takes a lingering look,
+  Says:--"Listen ere I flow away!
+
+"Soon as Spring spoke its royal word,
+  I humbly doffed my wintry cap--
+But when the north wind's voice was heard,
+  I covered up the earth's green lap.
+
+"And gently swathed each baby flower,
+  As snug as in a feather bed--
+Until in field, and wood, and bower,
+  Their fragrance might be safely shed.
+
+"And now my snowdrops gaily ring
+  A merry peal to herald May--
+And all rejoice at coming Spring,
+  While I must hasten far away!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SUMMER.
+
+
+Now the corn has grown ripe in the Summer's hot days,
+  And the reaping began with the sun's early rays,
+      Mike and Jack since the morn,
+      Have been cutting the corn,
+    Which is bound up by Peggy and Sue;
+And gay, flaunting poppies and flow'rets of blue
+Wag their heads o'er the sheaves and seem nodding at you.
+
+But when noon's sultry hour proves oppressively hot,
+The reapers look out for a cool, shady spot,
+      And a respite they snatch,
+      Their short meal to dispatch,
+    And well earned indeed is their rest!
+While the children give chase to the hare that's hard prest,
+Or the bird by the harvest disturbed from her nest.
+
+For what care the children for heat or for work,
+At that age when all labor so gaily we shirk?
+      Play, then, little ones, play,
+      And enjoy while ye may,
+    But to all of God's creatures be kind--
+Then when months have rolled by and left Summer behind,
+Its joys unalloyed shall still dwell in your mind.
+
+
+
+
+TIMOTHY.
+
+
+Timothy was our pet hedgehog. I bought him in Leadenhall Market, brought
+him home, and put him into the back-garden, which is walled in. There,
+to that extent, he had his liberty, and many, and many a time did I
+watch him from my study window walking about in the twilight among the
+grass, searching for worms and other insects. And very useful was he to
+the plants by so doing. When the dry weather came food got more scarce;
+then Timothy was fed with bread and milk from the back-kitchen window,
+which is on a level with the stone. Soon he came to know that when he
+was hungry there was the supply; and often he would come and scratch at
+the glass or at the back-door for his supper, and after getting it, walk
+off to the garden beds to make himself useful. Few people know of the
+great use of a hedgehog in a garden, or they would be more generally
+kept. Our Timothy, poor fellow, however, in spite of all his good
+qualities, came to a bad end. A strange dog coming one day, saw him
+walking about in search of his accustomed food, and pounced on him and
+bit him; still I had hopes of his recovery, but in a few days he died,
+and all of us were sorry.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: GOLD ORE.
+
+SILVER ORE.
+
+TIN ORE.
+
+IRON ORE.]
+
+[Illustration: NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN.
+
+MONGOLIAN.
+
+CAUCASIAN. HEAD OF BELVEDERE APOLLO.
+
+CAUCASIAN.--MODERN TURK.]
+
+
+
+
+THE BRAVE COCKATOO.
+
+
+One Charles Durand, of whose travels and adventures a book has been
+written, owned a cockatoo, which he carried about with him on his
+journeys; the bird's name was Billy, and he seems to have been as wise
+as he was loving. Charles was asleep in his tent, when he was roused by
+a sharp, shrill cry of the bird, of "Time to rise! time to rise!"
+accompanied by a violent flapping of the wings. So awakened, Charles
+looked around, wondering what had disturbed his feathered friend. The
+cause was soon plain--a deadly snake lay coiled up close to his bed,
+prepared to spring on the defenseless man. Just when he thought that all
+hope was at an end, the brave cockatoo sprang from his perch, seized the
+reptile by the neck, and held him tight till his master could summon
+help.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+HARE TAKING THE WATER.
+
+
+I was pike-fishing one season on the Dorset Stour below Canford Major,
+when on passing from one field to another, I disturbed a hare. The
+animal at once entered an open, dry drain, and I lost sight of her.
+Presently, as I silently made my way plying my rod by the bank, I saw
+her, this time without any appearance of alarm, take to the water, and
+making her way through the sedges. She put her head to the stream so
+that the force of the current, with but slight exertion by swimming on
+her part, carried her nearly in a straight line to the opposite bank.
+Here I watched her to see whether she would trundle herself like a dog,
+but she merely rested a bit, letting the water run from her, and then
+set off at a rattling pace across the mead, which doubtless soon
+thoroughly dried her.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+AUTUMN.
+
+
+The breeze is somewhat cooler growing,
+  The flowers less scent unfold--
+But see!--the luscious grape is growing
+  With purple or with gold.
+    Now drain we up
+    The social cup,
+  When music blithe invites us--
+Though Winter threatens from afar
+Our present mirth he shall not mar,
+  While Autumn still delights us.
+
+Yes! Autumn brings the best of pleasures,
+  With grape and garnered corn--
+And lays in stores of future treasures
+  To glad the year unborn.
+    What need we dread,
+    When wine and bread
+  God's bounteous hand hath given?
+Oh! rather let our voices raise,
+In fervent hope and humble praise,
+  A grateful hymn to Heaven!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+WINTER.
+
+
+Stern Winter--most unwelcome guest!--
+The earth in whitest robes has drest;
+And hast'ning through the crunching snow,
+With tinkling bells, the sledges go.
+
+The leafless wood looks drear and sad,
+No birds sing now with voices glad;--
+But boys are romping far and wide,
+And o'er the ice delight to slide.
+
+When on the panes with frost encased,
+The mimic fir-trees may be traced,
+In spite of biting cold and snow,
+Poor housewives to the forest go.
+
+And there they gather moss to form
+Their children's bed all soft and warm,
+And dried up twigs to make a blaze
+That cheers the hearth with kindling rays.
+
+Their treasures next the ashes yield,
+And hot potatoes lie revealed,
+Which little hungry mouths invite,
+With dainty smell and welcome sight.
+
+Lord! all Thy ways are great and good!
+Thou giv'st e'en orphaned birds their food--
+Thy blessing and Thy fostering care
+Alike the hut and palace share!
+
+
+
+
+OUR WILD BIRDS.
+
+
+I dare say you notice that all the birds in this picture have long
+beaks. We may be sure from this that they live in places and seek for
+their food in ways in which long beaks are just what they want. The fact
+is they are all marsh birds, and the soil of marshes being wet and soft,
+and full of worms, these long beaks enable them to probe it, and so get
+at the worms. I think the beaks of birds afford a striking example of
+how good God is in adapting creatures to the mode of life He has
+appointed for them. The eagles and hawks, you know, are provided with
+strong, short bills to enable them to seize and tear flesh. Those of
+canaries and all the finches are just the very instruments to crack
+seeds with. Parrots, with their tremendous weapons, can crush the
+hardest nuts of the tropic forest. The crossbill is fitted with a
+wonderful tool for tearing fir-cones to pieces. Robins and the other
+warblers have soft bills, which are all they want for eating insects and
+grubs.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+I would rather be my lady's hawk,
+  And perch upon her hand,
+Than I would be the deerhound grim,
+  To range this forest-land.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+P--THE PELICAN.
+
+
+_On river banks, on shores of lakes,
+  Or marge of sounding sea,
+The Pelican, in quest of fish,
+  Roams uncontrolled and free._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+Q--THE QUAIL.
+
+
+_When come the leaves and buds of spring
+  Then comes the swift-winged quail:
+But ever quits our western lands
+  Before the winter pale._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+R--THE RHINOCEROS.
+
+
+_Down to the waterside to drink,
+  Within the jungle's shade,
+Has come the huge Rhinoceros,
+  In knotty hide arrayed._
+
+
+
+
+BLACKBIRDS AND YOUNG.
+
+
+A country lad having taken the nest of some blackbirds containing young
+ones, made off with it, but was closely pursued by the parents, who
+tried to peck his face so as to make him give them up. Mr. Jesse relates
+a similar instance, where a pair of old birds followed a boy into a
+house, pecking at his head while he was carrying off one of their young
+ones. People little think of the misery they cause when they rob the
+birds of their nestlings.
+
+The bird's nest is thus described:
+
+Now put together odds and ends,
+Picked up from enemies and friends:
+See bits of thread and bits of rag,
+Just like a little rubbish bag.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A USEFUL PILOT.
+
+
+There is a trained sheep kept on board a steamer plying in California.
+It goes out on the gang-plank, when a flock is to be loaded, to show
+that the approach is safe, and to act as pilot to the flock, which
+readily follows it on to the boat. The sheep, when in a flock, are all
+alike timid, and it is difficult to find a leader among them, each being
+afraid to go first; but when one goes, they all follow after, so that
+this clever sheep is very valuable. The only other way to get a flock on
+board a ship is to catch one and drag it on board; but this is not such
+a good way as having the clever "Pilot."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+JACK.
+
+
+The name of the bear is "Jack." I fetched him from the West India Import
+Dock on the 5th of November, 1870. He was running about with another
+bear on board ship, but the job was to catch him. After many attempts we
+at last put a strong collar round his neck, to which was attached a long
+chain, and then we got him into a large barrel, and fastened the head on
+with hoop-iron, lowered him over the side of the vessel into a boat, and
+then pulled to the quay, and hauled him up into a cart. For a time the
+little fellow was quiet enough, but he got very inquisitive when being
+driven toward the city, and wanted to have a look round. I managed to
+quiet him by giving him pieces of lump sugar. He arrived safely at the
+Crystal Palace, and has lived in an aviary till the beginning of last
+month, when he was put into his new bear-pit. The little fellow has
+grown twice the size he was when he first came. He is very playful, but
+sometimes shows his teeth when he is teased.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: JUST ARRIVED!]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+S--THE SWALLOW.
+
+
+_Now hovering on rapid wing,
+  Now down to earth, now high,
+And, circling round in airy ring
+  To chase the painted fly._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+T--THE TIGER.
+
+
+_Fiercest of all the beasts of prey,
+  With eyes that glow like fire,
+And glossy hide, who does not dread
+  The Tiger, yet admire?_
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+U--THE URSINE OPOSSUM.
+
+
+_In hollow trees the Opossum lives,
+  And slumbers through the day,
+But when the shades of night descend,
+  Goes forth in search of prey._
+
+
+
+
+A SINGULAR HABIT OF THE WOODCOCK.
+
+
+Among several curious habits of the woodcock, described by the editor of
+the _Zoologist_, its practice of carrying its young is perhaps the most
+interesting. The testimony of many competent witnesses is cited to
+corroborate the statement. The late L. Lloyd, in his "Scandinavian
+Adventures," wrote, "If, in shooting, you meet with a brood of
+woodcocks, and the young ones cannot fly, the old bird takes them
+separately between her feet, and flies from the dogs with a moaning
+cry."
+
+The same author makes a similar statement in another work, this habit of
+the woodcock having been observed by a friend.
+
+One of the brothers Stuart gives, in "Lays of the Deer Forest," a
+graphic account of the performance. He says, "As the nests are laid on
+dry ground, and often at a distance from moisture, in the latter case,
+as soon as the young are hatched, the old bird will sometimes carry them
+in her claws to the nearest spring or green strip. In the same manner,
+when in danger, she will rescue those which she can lift; of this we
+have frequent opportunities for observation in Tarnaway. Various times
+when the hounds, in beating the ground, have come upon a brood, we have
+seen the old bird rise with the young one in her claws and carry it
+fifty or a hundred yards away."
+
+
+
+
+THE SKY-LARK
+
+
+Has any one ever told you that they were "happy as a lark," and have you
+stopped to think how happy a lark is?--its joyous flight up into the
+sky, as high or higher than the sight of man can reach, singing louder
+and louder, and more and more gayly the higher it ascends? When the
+sweet hay-time comes on, and mowers are busy in the fields with their
+great scythes, it is sometimes a dangerous season for larks, who make
+their nests on the ground. Often the poor little nests must suffer; but
+only think how ingenious their owners are if they do. A mower once cut
+off the upper part of a lark's nest. The lark sitting in it was
+uninjured. The man was very sorry for what he had done; but there was no
+help for it--at least so he thought. The lark knew better, and soon
+afterward a beautiful dome was found made of grass over the nest by the
+patient, brave bird.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE SILKWORM.
+
+THE BAT.
+
+CARRION BEETLES.
+
+THE SPIDER.]
+
+[Illustration: THE SYRIAN OX.
+
+THE HORSE.
+
+THE MULE.
+
+THE ARABIAN HORSE.]
+
+
+
+
+THE STORY OF A SEAL.
+
+
+Some years ago a German Artist was travelling in Norway, on foot, with
+his knapsack on his back and his stick in his hand. He lodged most of
+time in the cottages that he fell in with on his road. In one of them
+there was a seal, which the fisherman had found on the sand, after
+harpooning the mother of the poor animal. No sooner was it admitted into
+the cottage than the seal became the friend of the family and the
+playmate of the children. It played from morning till night with them,
+would lick their hands, and call them with a gentle little cry, which is
+not unlike the human voice, and it would look at them tenderly with its
+large blue eyes, shaded by long black lashes. It almost always followed
+its master to fish, swimming around the boat and taking a great many
+fish, which it delivered to the fisherman without even giving them a
+bite. A dog could not have been more devoted, faithful, teachable, or
+even more intelligent.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS.
+
+
+"What is that, mother?" "The eagle, boy,
+Proudly careering his course with joy,
+Firm on his own mountain vigor relying,
+Breasting the dark storm, the red bolt defying;
+His wing on the wind, and his eye on the sun,
+He swerves not a hair, but bears onward, right on.
+Close to the sun in lonely lands,
+Ringed with the azure world he stands;
+The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls,
+He watches from his mountain walls.
+Boy, may the eagle's flight ever be thine,
+Onward and upward, and true to the line."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BEE.
+
+
+Oh! busy bee,
+On wing so free,
+  Yet all in order true;
+Each seems to know,
+Both where to go,
+  And what it has to do.
+
+'Mid summer heat,
+The honey sweet,
+  It gathers while it may;
+In tiny drops,
+And never stops
+  To waste its time in play.
+
+I hear it come,
+I know its hum;
+  It flies from flower to flower;
+And to its store,
+A little more
+  It adds, each day and hour.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE LARK AND YOUNG.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+V--THE VULTURE.
+
+
+_On rugged rods the Vulture waits
+  To scent its carrion prey,
+When down, into the plains below
+  It takes its rapid way._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+W--THE WOLF.
+
+
+_Fierce is the wolf, and crafty too,
+  And swift of foot is he;
+In forest depths and mountain glens
+  He loves to wander free._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+X--THE XEMA.
+
+
+_In far-off lands, 'neath northern skies,
+  And on the surfy shore,
+Lives the lone Xema, and delights
+  In ocean's thunder roar._
+
+
+
+
+MOTHER AND PUPS.
+
+
+The dog that you see here looking quite maternal with her family around
+her, is the sheep dog, the shepherd's faithful and invaluable friend. It
+is the most sagacious and intelligent of all dogs, and volumes of
+anecdotes might be written of its intelligence and affection.
+
+Mr. St. John, in his "Highland Sports," tells the following: "A shepherd
+once, to prove the quickness of his dog, who was lying before the fire
+where we were talking, said to me in the middle of a sentence concerning
+something else, 'I'm thinking, sir, the cow is in the potatoes;' when
+the dog, who appeared to be asleep, immediately jumped up, and leaping
+through the open window and on to the roof of the house, where he could
+get a view of the potato field, and not seeing the cow there, he looked
+into the farm-yard, where she was, and finding that all was right,
+returned to his old position before the fire."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE FRIENDLY TERNS.
+
+
+One day Mr. Edward, the Scotch naturalist shot at a Tern, hoping to
+secure the beautiful creature as a specimen. The ball broke the bird's
+wing, and he fell screaming down to the water. His cries brought other
+terns to the rescue, and with pitiful screams they flew to the spot
+where the naturalist stood, while the tide drifted their wounded brother
+toward the shore. But before Mr. Edward could secure his prize, he
+observed, to his astonishment, that two of the terns had flown down to
+the water, and were gently lifting up their suffering companion, one
+taking hold of either wing. But their burden was rather heavy; so, after
+carrying it seaward about six or seven yards, they let it down, and two
+more came, picked it up, and carried it a little farther. By means of
+thus relieving each other they managed to reach a rock where they
+concluded they would be safe.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: AN EXCITING TAIL.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Y--THE YAK.
+
+
+_In Central Asia, far away,
+  'Mid Thibet's pastures green,
+With shaggy hide and bushy tail,
+  The valued Yak is seen._
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+Z--THE ZEBRA.
+
+_As strong and swift as any horse,
+  The Zebra skims the plain;
+With glossy bands of deepest black,
+  Long ears, and upright mane._
+
+
+
+
+SHEEP AND LAMBS.
+
+
+_The sheep were in the fold at night;
+  And now a new-born lamb
+Totters and trembles in the light,
+  Or bleats beside its dam.
+
+How anxiously the mother tries,
+  With every tender care,
+To screen it from inclement skies,
+  And the cold morning air!
+
+The hail-storm of the east is fled,
+  She seems with joy to swell;
+While ever, as she bends her head,
+  I hear the tinkling bell.
+
+So while for me a mother's prayer
+  Ascends to Heaven above,
+May I repay her tender care
+  With gratitude and love._
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE WATER-RAT.
+
+THE WILD CAT.
+
+THE WEASEL.
+
+THE SYRIAN DOG.]
+
+[Illustration: THE GLOW-WORM.
+
+THE LOCUST.
+
+THE HERCULES BEETLE.
+
+THE CHAMELEON.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+THE CAPTIVE SQUIRREL
+
+
+"Squirrel--squirrel lithe and wee!
+Thy fur's as soft as down can be,
+Thy teeth as ivory are white,
+Yet hard enough through nuts to bite.
+
+"Squirrel--squirrel lithe and wee!
+How gladly would I purchase thee--
+But mother says: 'Twill never do,
+Thou nibblest table, book and shoe.'"
+
+Squirrel--squirrel hung his head;
+"Oh! speak not thus," he sadly said,
+"Heav'n gave me once a woodland home
+Where I the livelong day might roam,
+And gaily leap from branch to twig
+As blithe and merry as a grig;
+Then came a wicked man who laid
+The snare by which I'm captive made,
+And now 'twill be my mournful doom
+  Instead of in the forest free,
+To live pent in a narrow room
+  By way of bush or stately tree!
+What wonder if, thus sad and lorn,
+From all my dearest habits torn,
+A-foraging I sometimes go
+And get a snubbing or a blow?
+Child, should you on some summer's day,
+Within the greenwood chance to stray,
+I pray you that from me you greet
+The happy creatures that you meet,
+The fawns, ants, sparrows and the hares
+And tell them how with me it fares,
+That while they leap, creep, sing and fly.
+In chains and prison I must lie."
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+A STROLL IN THE COUNTRY
+
+
+Put on your hat and let us take
+A stroll amidst the rural scene--
+  The boat is gliding o'er the lake,
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  The cows are browsing pastures green,
+The herdsman's horns the echoes wake,
+And holiday like Nature's self we'll make!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Into the garden next let's come
+To pluck a pear or downy plum,
+  And hear the bird's sweet trilling--
+
+[Illustration: ]
+
+  While all around, on fragrant beds,
+The flowerets lift their little heads,
+The air with perfume filling.
+
+[Illustration: ]
+
+The merry kid is leaping gaily,
+And soberer Nanny gives us daily
+  Sweet milk to make us cheese;
+
+  While all our tastes to please,
+His nets the busy fisher flings,
+And eels and carp for dinner brings.
+
+
+
+
+THE OTTER.
+
+
+The Otter belongs to a class of animals which we may call the Weasel
+tribe. Their bodies are long and lithe, and their legs short. This
+family includes the weasel (its smallest member), the stoat, the ferret,
+the pole-cat, the marten, and the otter (its largest member). You may
+then think of the Otter as a water-ferret, or water-weasel. He can swim
+most elegantly, and he is a beautiful diver. Let a fish glide underneath
+him, and he is after it in a moment; and as the fish darts here and
+there to escape, the Otter follows each rapid movement with unerring
+precision. When the fish is caught, the Otter carries it to the bank and
+makes a meal. But the Otter is like naughty Jack who leaves a saucy
+plate--he spoils much more fish than he eats. The trout and other fish
+are so much alarmed at the appearance of an Otter, that they will
+sometimes fling themselves on the bank to get out of his way.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE MASTIFF.
+
+
+The mastiff is a large, grave, sullen-looking dog, with a wide chest,
+noble head, long switch tail, bright eyes, and a loud, deep voice. Of
+all dogs this is the most vigilant watcher over the property of his
+master, and nothing can tempt him to betray the confidence reposed in
+him. Notwithstanding his commanding appearance, and the strictness with
+which he guards the property of his master, the mastiff is possessed of
+great mildness of character, and is very grateful for any favors
+bestowed upon him. I once went into the barn of a friend where there was
+a mastiff chained; I went up to the dog and patted him on the head, when
+out rushed the groom from the stable exclaiming, "Come away, sir! He's
+dangerous with strangers." But I did not remove my hand nor show any
+fear. The consequence was, that the dog and I were the best of friends;
+but had I shown any fear, and hastily removed my hand, I might have
+fared rather badly, for this dog always couples fear with guilt.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CUNNING WOOD-PIGEONS.
+
+
+One who loves our feathered friends has described a curious instance of
+their instinct. On the back lawn at a gentleman's house, they have a
+feeding-box for the pheasants, which opens on their perching upon it,
+but remains shut if any lesser bird than a hen pheasant perches there,
+which saves the contents from the thefts of these, and of rats, mice,
+and other vermin. But the gentleman discovered that the contents of the
+box was being more rapidly emptied than the wants of the pheasants
+warranted. So he kept a watch on the box, and soon discovered a
+wood-pigeon perch on the box, but his weight not being sufficient to
+open the lid, he beckoned to another pigeon, and their combined weight
+made the lid fly open, and after each had taken what they required, they
+flew away, and the box closed with a "click."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SEA REPTILES.
+
+
+There were in the sea in very ancient times--long before the flood--two
+very large and wonderful reptiles. Of them we present striking
+illustrations. One of them has been named the Ichthyosaurus, which means
+Fish Reptile. Its head somewhat resembled that of the crocodile, except
+that the orbit was much larger, and had the nostril placed close to it,
+as in the whale, and not near the end of the snout. It had four paddles
+and a powerful tail, and was very active in its movements and a rapid
+swimmer.
+
+The other huge reptile was the Plesiosaurus, the meaning of which is
+"Near to a Reptile." Its structure was very singular and its character
+very strange. In the words of Buckland: "To the head of a lizard, it
+united the teeth of the crocodile, a neck of enormous length, resembling
+the body of a serpent, a trunk and a tail of the size of an ordinary
+quadruped, the ribs of a chameleon, and the paddles of a whale."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SWISS MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
+
+
+In Switzerland, one of the chief employments of the people is that of
+herdsmen and shepherds, and nearly the half of the surface of the
+country is occupied as mountain pastures and meadows. Here you see the
+woman tending the sheep and goats, and spinning industriously, while her
+husband is busy with some other part of the duties of tending the sheep.
+It is often painful to see how much the poor sheep and oxen suffer while
+being driven through the streets. It is pitiful to see them looking in
+vain for some place of rest and shelter. Little boys in towns sometimes
+like to HELP--as they call it--to drive cattle, but they generally
+increase the terror and confusion of the poor beasts, and little think
+of the pain they are causing. Sheep and goats are very useful to us;
+besides serving us for food, they supply our cloth and flannel clothes,
+blankets, and other warm coverings.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+PARTRIDGE AND YOUNG.
+
+
+One afternoon, while walking across a meadow, near a village, I saw a
+dog of the terrier breed pursuing a partridge, which every now and then
+turned and made at it with its wings down, then rolled over, then ran,
+and again rushed at the dog. I drove the dog away, when I was surprised
+to see a number of young partridges running from behind the old bird who
+had been trying to protect them from the dog, and guarding their
+retreat. So you see how brave the most timid creatures become when in
+danger, and when their young are near. Instinct tells them that they
+have to protect their little ones, and risk everything, even their own
+lives, for their safety. We can get beautiful lessons every day from the
+birds and poor dumb animals, if we only study them as we ought.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE KINGFISHERS' HOME.
+
+
+Very pretty birds were Mr. and Mrs. Kingfisher, with dark, glossy, green
+wings, spotted with light blue. Their tails were also light blue, and
+there was a patch of yellow near their heads. The little Kingfishers
+were quite as pretty as their parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Kingfisher were
+exceedingly proud of them.
+
+"Only they eat a great deal," said Mr. Kingfisher; "I am getting very
+tired."
+
+For Mr. Kingfisher had been flying backward and forward all day, and it
+was surprising to see the quantity of fish he caught for his family.
+
+When he built his nest he took care that it should be near a stream, and
+he found one close by a high cliff that Mrs. Kingfisher said would be
+just the place; so they scooped out a deep hole, and there the eggs were
+laid, and in due time six little Kingfishers burst out of the shells.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+RATS CARRYING EGGS UP STAIRS.
+
+
+Rats are very ingenious little creatures; they have actually been known
+to convey eggs up a staircase, from the pantry to their nest! Here is a
+beautiful picture, by Mr. Harrison Weir, from the "Children's Friend,"
+showing how they did it.
+
+The rat bears little resemblance to the rats with which we are chiefly
+acquainted, namely, the black rat, the albino or white rat, and the
+brown rat. The other day, as I was walking by the river-side, I saw a
+beautiful little creature sitting on a stone in the stream, with a piece
+of succulent root between its forepaws, and nibbling its repast in
+perfect peace with every living thing. It was timid and innocent in the
+expression of its countenance. Its color was of a reddish brown. It was
+about as large as the common rat of the sewers, but its tail was much
+shorter, and covered with hair.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A HERON ATTACKED BY A HAWK.
+
+
+The Heron when attacked by an eagle or falcon endeavors to escape by
+rising in the air and getting above its foe. The wings of the heron
+strike the air with an equal and regular motion which raises its body to
+such an elevation that at a distance nothing is seen except the wings,
+which are at last lost sight of in the region of the clouds.
+
+If its enemy gets above it, and upon or near its body, it defends itself
+vigorously with its long and powerful beak, and often comes off
+victorious.
+
+The heron frequents the neighborhood of rivers and lakes. Almost always
+solitary, it remains for hours motionless on the same spot. When seeking
+the fish or frogs on which it chiefly feeds, the heron wades into the
+water, folds its long neck partially over its back and forward again,
+and with watchful eye waits till a fish comes within reach of its beak,
+when it darts its head into the water and secures its slimy, slippery
+prey.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+A HORSE GUARDIAN.
+
+
+On one occasion a gentleman was returning home from a fatiguing journey,
+and became very drowsy. He fell asleep, and, strange to say, he also
+fell from his saddle, but in so easy a manner that the tumble did not
+rouse him, and lay sleeping on where he alighted. His faithful steed, on
+being eased of his burden, instead of scampering home as one might have
+expected, stood by his prostrate master, and kept a strict watch over
+him. Some laborers at sunrise found him very contentedly snoozing on a
+heap of stones. They wished to approach the gentleman, that they might
+awaken him, but every attempt on their part was resolutely opposed by
+the grinning teeth and ready heels of his determined and faithful
+guardian. They called out loudly, and the gentleman awoke and was very
+much surprised at his position, while his faithful horse showed his
+pleasure by neighing and scraping his feet on the ground. The gentleman
+then mounted, and they galloped away at great speed, both glad to be
+able to make up for lost time.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+BATTLE BETWEEN A FOX AND A SWAN.
+
+
+A fierce battle between a fox and a swan took place at Sherborne Park.
+Master Reynard seems to have caught the old swan napping, and to have
+seized him by the throat. The bird defended himself with his wings so
+powerfully that its assailant was done to death in no time, and a
+workman going past the lake above the bridge next morning found both fox
+and swan lying dead together. The bird had received a fatal bite in the
+throat; the fox had one leg broken and the side of its head completely
+broken in. The swan was the oldest bird on the lake.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE SAND LIZARD.
+
+THE CROCODILE.
+
+THE VIPER.
+
+THE ASP.]
+
+[Illustration: THE WILD BOAR.
+
+THE BADGER.
+
+THE FERRET.
+
+THE LYNX.]
+
+
+
+
+TOUSY.
+
+
+We have a beautiful long-haired little dog called Tousy, which lately
+had a pup. This queer little bantling was jumping and tumbling about the
+green one day, when a lady entered followed by a dog. Tousy made a
+ferocious assault on the four-footed stranger, by way of defending her
+young, and our magnificent white cat, which was sitting on the doorstep,
+seeing or supposing that his friend Tousy was in danger, made two
+immense bounds, and alighted on the back of the intruder, whose eyes
+would have been scratched out but for prompt rescue. The mutual
+affection of these two animals is unbounded, and yet we hear human
+disagreements compared to cat-and-dog life! These animals, and many
+others, are capable of the most devoted affection to their young, and to
+their mates, and frequently teach us lessons of kindness to one
+another.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: THE NEST IN THE APPLE TREE.]
+
+
+
+
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