Part 2

S. Bisset and his Trained Monkeys 25

Lord Byron's Pets 26

The Ettrick Shepherd's Monkey 27

The Findhorn Fisherman and the Monkey 29

"We ha'e seen the Enemy!" 29

The French Marquis and his Monkey 30

George IV. and Happy Jerry.--Mr Cross's Rib-nosed Baboon at Exeter Change 31

The Young Lady's pet Monkey and the poor Parrot 33

Monkeys "poor relations" 34

Sydney Smith on Monkeys 34

Mrs Colin Mackenzie on the Apes at Simla 35

The Aye-Aye, or Cheiromys of Madagascar 36

BATS 38

One of Captain Cook's Sailors sees a Fox-Bat, and describes it as a devil 39

Fox Bats (with a Plate) 41

Dr Mayerne and his Balsam of Bats 47

HEDGEHOG 48

Robert Southey to his Critics 48

MOLE 49

Mole, cause of Death of William III. 49

BROWN BEAR 56

The Austrian General and the Bear--"Back, rascal, I am a general!" 58

Lord Byron's Bear at Cambridge 59

Charles Dickens on Bear's Grease and Bear-keepers 59

A Bearable Pun 60

A Shaved Bear 61

POLAR BEAR 61

General History and Anecdotes of Polar Bear, as observed on recent Arctic Expeditions (with a Plate) 61