Chapter XXVI

MAN-EATING ANIMALS—THE TIGER’S SLAVE—A SAVAGE
LION-HUNT—WOLF-REARED CHILDREN—MEN AND APES—A SHAM
GORILLA—UNPROHIBITED MURDER—A MONKEY’S MALISON 308

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. ALLIGATOR AND PECCARY _Frontispiece_

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2. EAGLE ATTACKING AN OSPREY 34

3. BEAR BESET BY WILD SWINE 82

4. MALDONADA AND THE PUMA 88

5. SPIDERS AS PETS 168

6. OTTER AND SALMON 174

7. BEAVERS TREE-FELLING 194

8. A BRAVE WALRUS 210

9. JAGUAR ATTACKED BY PECCARIES 224

10. COMBAT OF WHALE AND SWORD-FISH 260

11. WOLF PLEADING FOR LIFE 282

12. SABLE ANTELOPE AND WILD DOGS 292

13. WOLVERINE STEALING A GRIDIRON 304

14. A LION HUNT 310

15. MIDNIGHT ASSASSINS 316

16. GORILLAS FIGHTING 326

THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD