e of children, ranging in age
from six to nine, ex-pupils of the Association, who are now in the
public schools.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE MIDNIGHT POOL

Elephants Drink First--But Down Stream
How the Elephant Drinks
Why the Elephant Drinks with his Trunk

II. THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE

How Buffaloes Come to Drink--In Rows
Buffalo Knights Guard the Timid Deer
Wild Pigs--Careless
Red Dogs--Bold, Fearing Nobody
Other Animals Come Alone
The Law of the Jungle--Clear Water for All

III. THE ELEPHANTS' BATH

Elephant Child Obeys Mamma--or Gets Spanked
How the Elephant Child is Bathed
How the Elephant Child Learns to Swim

IV. ELEPHANTS: THE TRICKS OF THE JUNGLE

Elephant Child Learns to Feed
Elephant Child "Swats" Tormenting Flies
Elephant Covers Back from Hot Sun
How Elephants Walk under Water
How Elephants Break Down or Pull Out Trees

V. ELEPHANTS: THE TRICKY TRAP

The Elephant Taps Suspicious Ground with his Trunk
Elephant Tricks the Tricky Trappers

VI. BUFFALOES: THE KNIGHTS OF THE JUNGLE

Buffaloes Cover Body with Mud against Flies
How Buffaloes Guard against Tiger while Feeding
How Buffaloes Know Danger is Coming--Three ways
Buffalo Sentinels
Buffaloes Make a Ring when Tiger Comes
Small Animals Find Safety in Buffalo Ring

VII. TAMING THE BUFFALO

Wild Buffaloes Tamed Quickly by Kindness
Little Boys Take Charge of Buffaloes
How the Big Buffaloes Love the Little Boys

VIII. THE BUFFALO AND THE BOY

IX. DEER AND ANTELOPE

Horns and Antlers Different in Three Ways
Elk and Other American Deer
Other Kinds of Deer
Barking Deer--One of the Wonders of Nature

X. DEER AND ANTELOPE: THEIR SPECIAL GIFTS

Each Animal has the Gift he Needs Most

XI. THE CAMEL

The Camel's Wonderful Gifts

XII. THE CAMEL AND THE THIEF

XIII. BEARS

The Polar Bear
American Bears
Other Bears

XIV. BEARS: THE TRICKY TRAP

XV. BRIGHT BIRDS

The Flamingo
The Parrot
The Cockatoo
The Peacock
The Golden Pheasant
The Snowy Egret

XVI. THE CAGED PARROT

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ILLUSTRATIONS

MIDNIGHT POOL: ANIMALS DRINKING Frontispiece

THE BUFFALOES AND THE BLUE DEER

AN ELEPHANT GIVING HIMSELF A SHOWER BATH.

AN ELEPHANT MAMMA CARRYING HER CHILD ACROSS THE RIVER

AN ELEPHANT BREAKING A TREE WITH HIS FOOT

ELEPHANT PULLING BANANAS OUT OF A TRICKY TRAP

THE BUFFALO THAT LIVES IN INDIA

THE TIGER AND THE RING OF BUFFALOES

TAME WATER BUFFALOES PLO