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BELGIAN FISHERMAN'S HORSE, 76

HORSES FOR TOWING ON THE BEACH IN HOLLAND, 78

EXERCISING THE THOROUGHBREDS, 84

AN ARABIAN HORSE, 85

ARABIAN SPORTS, 86

SYRIAN HORSE, 92

IN THE CIRCUS, 96

DOMESTICATED BUFFALOES IN EGYPT, 104

CATTLE OF INDIA, 105

INDIAN BULLOCK AND WATER-CARRIER, 108

PLOUGHING IN SYRIA, 109

EGYPTIAN SHEEP, 114

BEDOUIN GOAT-HERD--PALESTINE, 116

THE GREAT CARAVAN ROAD--CENTRAL ASIA, 119

CAMELS FEEDING, 123

CAMELS ALONG THE SEA AT TWILIGHT, 127

AN INDIAN ELEPHANT, 134

THE ORIGINAL JUNGLE FOWL (Gallus bankiva) AND SOME OF HIS DOMESTIC DESCENDANTS, 153

HOUDIN, COCHINS, LEGHORNS, AND GAME, 158

BANTAMS, BRAHMA, AND DORKINGS, 160

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA--PEACOCKS, GUINEA-FOWL, AND TURKEY, 163

THE DOMESTICATED TURKEY, 165

THE LARGEST OF ALL POULTRY--THE OSTRICH, 168

AN EIDER COLONY, 170

TERNS AIDING A WOUNDED COMRADE, 171

SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE POULTRY YARD, 173

SWANS, 174

THE ORIGINAL WILD ROCK DOVE (Columba livia) AND SOME OF ITS DOMESTIC DESCENDANTS, 175

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