Part 2

THE QUEST FOR THE WILD HORSE 91

ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—THE ANIMAL 99 SENSE OF BEAUTY

ÆSTHETICS AT THE ZOO—SCENTS AND 109 SOUNDS

ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE FIRST VISIT 115

ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE SECOND VISIT 123

ORPHEUS AT THE ZOO—THE CHOICE OF 131 INSTRUMENTS

TALKING BIRDS 139

ELEPHANT LIFE IN ENGLAND 146

WANTED—A NEW MEAT 162

AN EXPERIMENT IN ANIMAL 170 PRESERVATION

“JAMRACH’S” 177

EXPRESSION IN THE ANIMAL EYE 192

LONDON BEARS 200

YOUNG ANIMALS AT THE ZOO 210

ANIMAL COLOURING 222

WILD-CATS AT THE ZOO 229

THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS 240

RARE AND BEAUTIFUL MONKEYS 248

THE LARGER MONKEYS 255

LIZARDS AND CROCODILES AT THE ZOO 263

FROM THE ANIMALS’ POINT OF VIEW 270

POSSIBLE PETS 278

THE PARIS ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN THE 287 TWO SIEGES

OTHER BEASTS OF BURDEN 293

THE SOLDIER’S CAMEL 302

THE CANADIAN BEAVER 311

THE TEMPER OF ANIMALS 318

CRIMINAL ANIMALS 325