WING IN THE RICE FIELDS

ANTELOPE

ELK

ARABIAN CAMEL--WITH ONE HUMP

BACTRIAN CAMEL--WITH TWO HUMPS

SAND STORM IN THE DESERT

CROSSING THE DESERT WITH CAMELS

POLAR BEAR

HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR

A BEAR FIGHTING A BLOCK OF STONE

A FLAMINGO COLONY

SNOWY EGRETS

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THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE

CHAPTER I

The Midnight Pool

My dear, I shall tell you all about the wonders of the jungle. You
have seen many animals in the zoo or in a circus--elephants, bears,
lions, tigers, leopards, and many others. But the jungle is the place
where these animals live before they are brought to the zoo or the
circus.

In fact, _jungle_ really means a _wild place_; that is, a place where
trees and bushes grow quite wild, so that men never cut down the trees
or clear away the bushes. That is the natural home for all sorts of
animals.

Now I am going to tell you about the wonderful way in which they live
there with their families, as we do in our homes; for the Papas and
Mammas among the animals are just as fond of their children as ours
are. So you must _imagine_ that you are going into the jungle with
me, so that I can show you everything. You see, it is just like a game
of _pretending_, that we are going to play.

There is actually a place in the jungle where you can see all the
animals at once. In fact, that place is so wonderful that King George
and Queen Mary of England went to see it; that was a few years ago,
when they went to India, which is a far-away country. For in India
there is a huge jungle where many thousands of animals live.

So you must _pretend_ that I am taking you to the Royal party, and
that you are sitting with the King and Queen and all the fine men and
lovely ladies; and we are watching the animals, while I tell you all
about them.

First, I must tell you that it is midnight, and all the animals are
coming to a stream of water to drink. This stream is a river about
twice as wide as a large street in your home town. We are sitting on
the bank, on one side of the stream; and the animals are coming to
drink on the bank on the other side.

"But," you may say, "will not the animals see us across the stream,
and get frightened and run away?"

That is quite true. But the King and Queen had thought of that. So
they ordered a lot of men to put a large net on their side of the
stream, just in front of them, and then to cover the net with twigs
and