ANT ARMIES—A SNAKE’S PRECAUTION—WONDERFUL BRIDGES AND TUNNELS—MUSHROOM-GROWING ANTS 103 CHAPTER X WHITE ANTS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURE—VERY WONDERFUL NESTS—“A PRISON AND A PALACE”—THE AARD VARK AND THE ANT-EATER—HOW ANTS ARE TRAPPED 118 CHAPTER XI AQUATIC ARCHERY—THE ANGLER-FISH AND THE CUTTLEFISH—INSECT ARTILLERY—EELS THAT GIVE ELECTRIC SHOCKS 130 CHAPTER XII PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE IN NATURE—SPIDERS THAT LOOK LIKE ANTS—A TRAP TO CATCH A BUTTERFLY—FALSE DEVOTEES—LEAF, STICK, AND GRASS-RESEMBLING INSECTS—“CUCULLUS NON FACIT MONACHUM” 141 CHAPTER XIII SPIDERS AND THEIR WEBS—TRAP-DOOR SPIDERS—SPIDERS THAT EAT BIRDS—AQUATIC SPIDERS—BORN IN A DIVING-BELL 158 CHAPTER XIV BEAVERS AND THEIR WORK—THE DAM AND THE POND—PRACTICE WITHOUT PRINCIPLES—A USEFUL TAIL—HOW BEAVERS CUT DOWN TREES 174 CHAPTER XV BEAVER “LODGES”—PRIMITIVE BEAVERS—INDIAN BEAVER-STORIES—AN ARABIAN NATURALIST 182 CHAPTER XVI BEAVER-CANALS AND BEAVER-MEADOWS—ANTIQUITY OF BEAVER-WORKS—BEAVERS AND RAILWAY COMPANIES—WHITE BEAVERS 192 CHAPTER XVII SEALS AND THEIR WAYS—BREEDING HABITS OF THE SEA-BEAR—SEA-ELEPHANTS—THE WALRUS AND THE POLAR BEAR—MATERNAL AFFECTION UTILISED—A WINTER SLEEP IN A SNOW-HOUSE—A DANGEROUS INTRUSION—BREAKFAST WITH AN ALLIGATOR—THE CROCODILE AND THE TROCHILUS 201 CHAPTER XVIII CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS—DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES—AN UNFORTUNATE PECCARY—AN AMBUSH BY THE RIVER—LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLES 215 CHAPTER XIX JAGUARS AND PECCARIES—A FOREST DRAMA—STRENGTH IN NUMBERS—RETALIATION 223 CHAPTER XX THE GREAT CACHALOT OR SPERM-WHALE—HOW THE BULLS FIGHT—A BATTLE OF MONSTERS—GIANTS THAT EAT GIANTS—ENORMOUS CUTTLEFISH—THE KRAKEN A REALITY—DISAPPOINTED PROFESSORS 231 CHAPTER XXI WHALES AND THEIR ENEMIES—THE THRESHER AND THE SWORD-FISH—SPORT AMONGST ANIMALS—THE SWORD-FISH AND ITS WAYS—CANNIBALISM IN NATURE—THE SHARK AND THE PILOT-FISH 243 CHAPTER XXII THE SHARK’S ATTACHÉ—QUEER WAYS OF FISHING—HINTS FOR NAVAL WARFARE—FISH THAT DO FLY 256 CHAPTER XXIII