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WILD BEASTS
THE ELEPHANT.
[From a photograph by Gambier Bolton. Copyright.]
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.
vii
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 | ...