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CONTENTS


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The Phœnix 1
Griffins and Unicorns 4
About Ants, Amphisbænas, and Basilisks 12
Dragons 20
The Story of Beowulf, Grendel, and Grendel’s Mother 33
The Story of Beowulf and the Fire Drake 43
A Fox Tale 49
An Egyptian Snake Charmer 55
An Adventure of Gérard, the Lion Hunter 61
Pumas and Jaguars in South America 84
Mathurin and Mathurine 98
Joseph: Whose proper name was Josephine 102
The Homes of the Vizcachas 108
Guanacos Living and Dying 112
In the American Desert 117
The Story of Jacko II 128
‘Princess’ 135
The Lion and the Saint 138
The Further Adventures of ‘Tom’, a Bear, in Paris 143
Recollections of a Lion Tamer 154
Sheep Farming on the Border 171
When the World was Young 177
Bats and Vampires 196
The Ugliest Beast in the World 200
The Games of Orang-Outangs, and Kees the Baboon 206
Greyhounds and their Masters 224
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