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Title: Concerning Animals and Other Matters

Author: E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)

Release Date: February 6, 2004 [EBook #10962]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Portrait of "EHA."]

CONCERNING ANIMALS AND OTHER MATTERS

BY E.H. AITKEN ("EHA")

AUTHOR OF "FIVE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL," "TRIBES ON MY FRONTIER," ETC.

WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR BY

SURGEON-GENERAL W.B. BANNERMAN I.M.S., C.S.I.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J A. SHEPHERD AND A PORTRAIT

LONDON

1914

CONTENTS

"EHA"

I FEET AND HANDS
II BILLS OF BIRDS
III TAILS
IV NOSES
V EARS
VI TOMMY
VII THE BARN OWL
VIII DOMESTIC ANIMALS
IX SNAKES
X THE INDIAN SNAKE-CHARMER
XI CURES FOR SNAKE-BITE
XII THE COBRA BUNGALOW
XIII THE PANTHER I DID NOT SHOOT
XIV THE PURBHOO
XV THE COCONUT TREE
XVI THE BETEL NUT
XVII A HINDU FESTIVAL
XVIII INDIAN POVERTY
XIX BORROWED INDIAN WORDS

Special thanks are due to the Editors and Proprietors of the _Strand
Magazine, Pall Mall Magazine_ and _Times of India_ for their courtesy in
permitting the reprinting of the articles in this book which originally
appeared in their columns.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HALF-TONES

"EHA"

THE NOSE OF THE ELEPHANT BECOMING A HAND HAS REDEEMED ITS MIND

GOOD FOR ANY ROUGH JOB

HERE THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN VERY KEEN INDEED

THE RAT IS A NEAR RELATION OF THE SQUIRREL ZOOLOGICALLY
BUT PERSONALLY HE IS A GUTTER-SNIPE, AND
YOU MAY KNOW THAT BY ONE LOOK AT THE TAIL, WHICH
HE DRAGS AFTER HIM LIKE A DIRTY ROPE

A BLACKBIRD AND A STARLING--THE ONE LIFTS ITS SKIRTS,
WHILE THE OTHER WEARS A WALKING DRESS

THE NOSTRILS OF THE APTERYX ARE AT THE TIP OF ITS BEAK

THE LONG-NOSED MONKEY

LINE BLOCKS

AN AUTHENTIC STANDARD FOOT

THESE BEASTS ARE ALL CLODHOPPERS, AND THEIR FEET