Transcriber’s note Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Spelling has been retained as published. In the Index there is: sika, 20, 70, 124, 594 Page 594 does not exist. There is also: Leopard, 3, 29, 33, 53, 56, 77, 78, 83, 95, 101, 110, 118, 164, 24 It is unclear what the page listed as “24” should be. Both of these have been retained as in the original. The following printer errors have been changed. =CHANGED= =FROM= =TO= Page xiv: “THE LAKE, DUBLIN 226” “THE LAKE, DUBLIN 225” Page xi: “GENOOSTCHAP, AMSTERDAM” “GENOOTSCHAP, AMSTERDAM” Page 29: “was a mouflon, which” “was a moufflon, which” Page 227: “a yak, a bactrian camel” “a yak, a Bactrian camel” Page 250: “bactrian, 30, 84, 88” “Bactrian, 30, 84, 88” Page 251: “Empress Josephine, 3” “Empress Joséphine, 3” Page 253: “Luer, architect, 90” “Lüer, architect, 90”