Cassell's Natural History, Vol. 2 (of 6)

Animal behavior; Animals; Zoology
Introductory Remarks on the Artiodactyla--Character of their
    Feet--The Wanting Digit--Comparison of the Bones of the Fore
    Feet of Representative Animals--Other Characters in the
    Artiodactyla--Classification--SUIDÆ, OR HOG FAMILY--Groups
    of the Family--Snout--Sense of Smell--Libels--Mention
    in the Bible--Among the Jews--Range--Teeth--THE WILD
    BOAR--General Features--Habits--Historical Mention--THE
    INDIAN HOG--Habits--A Wild Boar Hunt--A Noble Foe--THE
    DOMESTIC HOG--The “Irish Greyhound Pig”--Effects of
    Domestication--THE SOLID-HOOFED BREED OF PIGS--Description
    of the Bones of Foot--MASKED PIG--BUSH HOG--BABIRUSA--THE
    WART HOGS--ÆLIAN’S WART HOG--THE ETHIOPIAN WART
    HOG--PECCARIES--Habits--Dentition--Feet--Species--THE FOSSIL
    HOGS                                                             335


    CHAPTER IV.

    ARTIODACTYLA--THE HIPPOPOTAMUS FAMILY.

    Present Representatives--Two Species--THE COMMON RIVER
    HORSE--General Appearance--Characteristics: Skin, Head,
    Nostrils, Eyes, Ears, Legs, Tail, Mouth, Tusks, Dentition,
    Skeleton, Stomach--Habits--Food--Under Water--Behemoth of the
    Bible--Used in the Roman Sports--As described by the Ancient
    Naturalists--As portrayed by the Ancient Artists--The First
    Hippopotamus in England--Subsequent Inmates of the Zoological
    Gardens--Herds of Hippopotami--Harpoon for Hunting--Sir Samuel
    Baker’s Accounts of Hippopotamus Hunts--Various Methods
    of Capture--Occasional Fits of Blind Fury--A Night Attack
    upon a Diahbeeah--Uses of the Hippopotamus--THE LIBERIAN
    HIPPOPOTAMUS--Fossil Forms--THE ANOPLOTHERES                     348




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


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    The Queen’s Lion                                     _Frontispiece._

    Lion of Guzerat                                                    1

    Upper View of Lion’s Skull                                         4

    Skeleton of Lion--Skeleton of Polar Bear                           5

    Stomach of Lion--Brain of Dog--Longitudinal Section through a
    Dog’s Nose, showing the Spongy Bones                               7

    Side View of Lion’s Skull--Under View of Lion’s Skull             11

    Tendons and Ligaments of a Cat’s Toe--Lion’s Claw, Sheathed and
    Unsheathed                                                        12

    Permanent Teeth of Lion--Milk Teeth of Lion                       13

    Lion of Senegal                                                   16

    Lion of Barbary                                                   17

    Lion and Lioness Attacking an Elephant                            20

    The Kiss of Peace                                                 26

    In the Jungle                                                     32

    The Tiger      _To face page_ 33

    The Dying Man-eater                                               33
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