tions.--Nature of Organic
Provinces; Harm done to them by Civilized Men.--Way in which
Reservations would Serve to Maintain Types of the Life of
the Earth; how they may be Founded.--Summary and Conclusions, 218

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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AFRICAN ELEPHANT, _Frontispiece_

SHEEP-DOGS GUARDING A FLOCK AT NIGHT, 10

HOUNDS RUNNING A WILD BOAR, 53

ON ROTTEN ROW, HYDE PARK, LONDON, 63

CAVALRY HORSE, 71

A HURDLE JUMPER, 79

ENGLISH POLO PONIES, 89

WINNOWING GRAIN IN EGYPT, 111

THE HALT IN THE DESERT AT NIGHT--THE STORY TELLER, 121

CARRYING THE SUGAR CANE IN HARVEST--EGYPT, 125

FEEDING SILKWORMS WITH MULBERRY LEAVES IN JAPAN, 193

THE FARMER'S APIARY, 199

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

GREYHOUND AFTER "THE KILL," 13

ST. BERNARD, 15

SPANIEL RETRIEVING WILD DUCK, 17

BULL-DOG, 22

FOX-HOUND AND PUPS, 25

POINTER RETRIEVING A FALLEN BIRD, 26

POINTER AND SETTER, FLUSHING GAME, 27

DUTCH DOGS USED IN HARNESS, 30

KING CHARLES SPANIEL, 33

THE POUNCE OF A TERRIER, 35

POMERANIAN OR "SPITZ," 38

POODLES, 39

COLLIE, 41

A HUNTER, 60

HORSE OF A BULGARIAN MARAUDER, 67

MARE AND FOAL,