Part 2

MAN AND HIS BROTHER 84

THE FAITH OF IRAN 113

VII

ZOROASTRIAN ZOOLOGY 141

VIII

A RELIGION OF RUTH 166

LINES FROM THE ADI GRANTH 201

THE HEBREW CONCEPTION OF ANIMALS 205

“A PEOPLE LIKE UNTO YOU” 221

XII

THE FRIEND OF THE CREATURE 245

XIII

VERSIPELLES 265

XIV

THE HORSE AS HERO 281

ANIMALS IN EASTERN FICTION 306

XVI

THE GROWTH OF MODERN IDEAS ABOUT ANIMALS 336

INDEX 367

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE EMPEROR AKBAR PERSONALLY DIRECTING THE Frontispiece TYING UP OF A WILD ELEPHANT. Tempera painting in the “Akbar Namah,” by Abu’l Fazl (1597-98). India Museum. Photographed for this work.

DEER WORSHIPPING THE WHEEL OF THE LAW. Tope of Sanchi, drawn 11 by Lieut.-Col. Maisey From Fergusson’s “Tree and Serpent Worship.” By permission of the India Office.

THE BUDDHISTIC TIGER 21 From a painting on silk by Ko-Tō in the British Museum. Photographed for this work. In Japanese Buddhism the Tiger is the type of Wisdom.

ORPHEUS 32 Fresco found at Pompeii. (Sommer.)

STELE WITH CAT AND BIRD 40 Athens Museum.

CAPITOLINE SHE-WOLF 44 (Bruckmann.) Bronze statue. Early Etruscan style. The twins are modern.

LION BEING LED FROM THE ARENA BY A SLAVE 47 From the mosaic pavement of a Roman villa at Nennig.