- Zebu
- Camel
Camel - Free Martin
- Walrus skull, showing the powerful canine teeth
- Walrus, showing the upper incisors in the form of tusks
- Dromedary Camel
Dromedary Camel - Lord Chesham's Shropshire
- The Human brain
The engraving represents not an actual dissection, but the plan of the fibres as understood by the anatomist. The intricacy of the cerebral structure is so great that it would require a vast number of skilful dissections and engravings to make a correct portrait. Fortunately, this is not necessary for the general reader, who requires only to understand the position of the organs in the head, and the direction of their growth, which is in all cases directly outward from the central region or ventricles, so as to cause a prominence of the cranium—not a “bump,” but a general fulness of contour. Bumps belong to the growth of bone—not that of the brain. - Polo's Sheep
Polo's Sheep - Horns of Young Arnee
- Opossum
- Giraffe
Giraffe - Pegasse
- Skull of Short-nosed Ox of the Pampas
- Meadow vole
Meadow vole - Llama
- Rabbit
Rabbit - Stomach of Manilla Buffalo
- Chillingham Bull
- The Woolly Kangaroo
The Woolly Kangaroo - Head of Musk Ox
- African Fat-Tailed Sheep
- Giraffe group
Giraffe group - The Alpine Ibex. Note the Curiously Knobbed Horns
A well-known wild goat is the Ibex of the Alps. This is a splendid fellow, with long and strong horns but no beard. It used to be very common, but has been shot at so much that very few are left. - Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo - Young Cape Buffalo
- Zebu.—(Var. δ.)
- Zamouse, or Bush Cow
- Kyloe, or Highland Ox
- Wolf pack
- Bear
- Haymouse (singing vole)
Haymouse (singing vole) - Negretti Merino Ram
- The Elephant and the Rotten Bridge
It is seldom that an elephant can be induced to pass over ground he considers unsafe. Sometimes, however, a driver obtains such a mastery over a timid animal, that he compels him to undertake what his better sense would induce him to decline. An elephant of this character was owned by a person residing in the neighbourhood of Gyah. Between the house and the town was a small bridge, over which the elephant had frequently passed. One day, however, he refused to go over. He tried it with his trunk, evidently suspecting that its strength was not sufficient to bear his weight. Still, the obstinate driver urged him on with the sharp spear with which elephants are driven. At length, with cautious steps he began the passage, still showing an extreme unwillingness to proceed. As he approached the centre, loud cracks were heard, when the treacherous bridge gave way, and both elephant and rider were precipitated into the stream below; the latter being killed by the fall, and the former, who had proved himself the most sensible being of the two, being much injured. - The Three-banded Armadillo. An Animal in a Coat of Mail
The armadillo is an American animal, and is found in our country in the state of Texas. It goes south from there through Mexico and on to South America, where it is found everywhere. It lives in large numbers in the woods and on the great grass plains. In its food and habits it is much like the hedgehog, and like it burrows in the ground. To do this it has very strong claws, and these it can use to defend itself when it takes a fancy to fight. - Mus decumanus
- Two-year old Southdown sheep
- The Striped Zebra of Africa
The Zebra, one of the most beautiful of animals, from its handsomely striped skin, is a member of the horse family, but one of which we do not need to speak, since it is found only in a wild state. It has in some cases been tamed and trained to harness, but it is an obstinate and hot-tempered brute, so that few have tried to tame it. - Bony skeleton of Hippopotamus
- Dorset Ram
- Bear hunting
- Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels
Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels - Deer boar
Deer boar - Indian Hunting Bison
- Cape Buffalo
- A Kitten
A Kitten - Head of Mus decumanus
- A sheep taking in the view
A sheep taking in the view - Wolves running
- Nutria
I believe this is a Nutria, an animal like a beaver but with a rat like tail - 3 Giraffe
3 Giraffe - Loaded-up Camel
Loaded-up Camel - Angora Buck
Early Importation - Angora Goat
The next importation of practical importance, although it was claimed that nine head were received about 1861, by one Stiles, was made by Israel S. Diehl, a former U.S. consul and C. S. Brown, of Newark, New Jersey, about 1868. Mr. Diehl was commissioned by the United States government to investigate the industry in Turkey, and he secured a lot of Angoras, variously estimated at from one hundred to one hundred and sixty head. Mr. C. P. Bailey furnished the money for the transportation of these goats to California. He says, "Some were fairly good and some were only ordinary. They were of medium size, and with the exception of the neck, tolerably well covered with fleece, which however had a scattering of kemp throughout. They were conceded to be the best brought to California up to that time." Some of these bucks had been tampered with and were sterile. - Outlines of Manilla Buffalo
- Freiburger Beef
Freiburger Beef - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf - Italian Buffalo
- Rocky Mountain Sheep
Rocky Mountain Sheep - Beaver
Beaver