This electronic edition prepared by Dr.
David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library
December, 2009.
Copyright © 2009 by David C. Bossard.
CONTENTS.
Of Carnivorous Animals
Of Tigers 001
002
003
Animals of the Old Continent 004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
015 016
017
018
019 020
Animals of the New World 021
022
023
024
025
026
027 028
029
030
031
032
Animals common to both Continents 033
034
035
036
037
038
039
040
041
042
043
044
045
046
047
048
049
050
051
052
053
054
055
056
facing page 056
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The Tiger 057
058
059
060
061
062
063
064
065
066
067
The Panther, Ounce, and Leopard 068
facing page 068
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069 070
071
072
073 074
075
076
facing page 076
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facing page 084
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The Lynx 092
facing page 092
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093
094 095
096
097
098
099
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
The Hyaena 107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115 116
facing page 116
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The Civet and the Zibet 117
118
119 120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127 128
The Genet 129
130
131
The Black Wolf 132
facing page 132
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The Canadian Musk-rat, and the Muscovy
Musk-rat 133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
The Peccari, or Mexican Hog 141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
The Rousette, or Ternat Bat, The Rougette, or Little Ternat, and the
Vampyre 149
150
facing page 150
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151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
facing page 164
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165
166
167
168 169
170
171
172
The Grey Squirrel 173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
facing page 180
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The Anteaters 181
182 183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
The Long and Short-tailed Manis 193
194 195
196
The Armidillo 197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
facing page 204
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205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215 216
217
218
219 220
221
The Paca 222
facing page 222
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The Opossum 229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
The Marmose 251
252
253
254
facing page 254
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The Elephant 255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268 269
270
271
272
273 274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282 283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294 295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315 316
317
318
319 320
321
The Rhinoceros 322
323
324
325
326
327 328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339