CONCERNING ANIMALS AND OTHER MATTERS

CONTENTS

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS  INTRODUCTION  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 StrandMagazine, Pall Mall Magazine and Times of India for their courtesy inpermitting the reprinting of the articles in this book which originallyappeared in their columns.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HALF-TONES

1. Portrait of 'Eha.'

2. The Nose of the Elephant Becoming a Hand Has Redeemed Its Mind

3. Good for any Rough Job

4. Here the Competition Has Been Very Keen indeed.

5. A Blackbird and a Starling—the one Lifts Its Skirts, While the Other Wears a Walking Dress.

6. The Nostrils of the Apteryx Are at the Tip of Its Beak.

7. The Long-Nosed Monkey.

LINE BLOCKS

8. An Authentic Standard Foot.

9. These Beasts Are All Clodhoppers, and their Feet Are Hobnailed Boots.

10. It Has to Double them Under and Hobble About Like a Chinese Lady.

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