A Bearable Pun 60

A Shaved Bear 61

POLAR BEAR 61

General History and Anecdotes of Polar Bear, as observed
on recent Arctic Expeditions (_with a Plate_) 61

Nelson and the Polar Bear 67

A Clever Polar Bear 67

Captain Ommaney and the Polar Bear 70

RACCOON 71

"A Gone Coon" 71

BADGER 71

Hugh Miller sees the "Drawing of the Badger" 72

The Laird of Balnamoon and the Brock 75

FERRET 75

Collins and the Rat-catcher, with the Ferret 76

POLE-CAT 76

Fox and the Poll-Cat 77

DOG 77

Phrases about Dogs 77

Cowper's Dog 79

Cowper and his dog Beau 81

Burns's "Twa Dogs" 81

Dog of Assyrian Monument 86

Bishop Blomfield bitten by a Dog 88

Sydney Smith's Remark on it 88

Bishop of Bristol--"Puppies never see till they are nine
days old" 88

Mrs Browning, the Poetess, and her dog Flush 89

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., and his dog Speaker 93

Lord Byron and his dog Boatswain 94

Lady's reason for calling her dog Perchance 96

Collins the Artist and his dog Prinny--the faithful
Model 96

Soldier and Dog