Part 1

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WILD BEASTS

WILD BEASTS

A STUDY OF THE CHARACTERS AND HABITS OF THE ELEPHANT, LION, LEOPARD, PANTHER, JAGUAR, TIGER, PUMA, WOLF, AND GRIZZLY BEAR

BY J. HAMPDEN PORTER

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1894

COPYRIGHT, 1894, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.

TO Captain John G. Bourke U. S. ARMY IN TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE TIME WHEN WE STUDIED TOGETHER

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE ELEPHANT 1

THE LION 76

THE LEOPARD AND PANTHER 136

THE JAGUAR 175

THE TIGER 196

THE PUMA 257

THE WOLF 306

THE GRIZZLY BEAR 352

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ELEPHANT Frontispiece Page THE LION 76

THE LEOPARD 136

THE JAGUAR 175

THE TIGER 196

THE PUMA 257

THE WOLF 306

THE GRIZZLY BEAR 352

WILD BEASTS