- The human brain
If the reader has not fully mastered the intricacy of the brain structure, he will find his difficulties removed by studying two more skilful dissections. The following engraving presents the appearances when we cut through the middle of the brain horizontally and reveal the bottom of the ventricles, in which we see the great ganglion, or optic thalamus and corpus striatum, and the three localities at which the hemispheres are connected by fibres on the median line, called anterior, middle, and posterior commissures. These commissures are of no importance in our study; they assist the corpus callosum in maintaining a close connection between the right and left hemispheres. - Ailuropus Melanoleucus
Besides these two varieties of bears, there is another animal, which, though it is not properly a bear, resembles one so closely that it is classed by the Chinese and Tibetans in that family. It is known to the Chinese as hua hsiung, or "mottled bear," and Milne Edwards, who studied and described it, has called it Ailuropus melanoleucus. This animal was, I believe, discovered by that enterprising missionary and naturalist, Father Armand David (who called it "white bear"), in the little eastern Tibetan principality of Dringpa or Mupin, in western Ssu-ch'uan.[13] Five specimens have so far been secured of this very rare animal: three are in the Jardin des Plantes of Paris, the other two in the Museum at the Jesuits' establishment, at Zikawei, near Shanghai. - Free Martin
- Walrus, showing the upper incisors in the form of tusks
- Lord Chesham's Shropshire
- Camel
Camel - Wolf pack
- Polo's Sheep
Polo's Sheep - Dromedary Camel
Dromedary Camel - 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. - Opossum
- Bear
- Horns of Young Arnee
- Meadow vole
Meadow vole - Giraffe
Giraffe - Stomach of Manilla Buffalo
- Pegasse
- Llama
- African Fat-Tailed Sheep
- Skull of Short-nosed Ox of the Pampas
- Bear hunting
- Head of Musk Ox
- The Woolly Kangaroo
The Woolly Kangaroo - Chillingham Bull
- Rabbit
Rabbit - Zebu.—(Var. δ.)
- Zamouse, or Bush Cow
- 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. - Young Cape Buffalo
- Cape Buffalo
Cape Buffalo - Wolves running
- Mus decumanus
- Kyloe, or Highland Ox
- Negretti Merino Ram
- Haymouse (singing vole)
Haymouse (singing vole) - 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. - Two-year old Southdown sheep
- 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. - Bony skeleton of Hippopotamus
- Dorset Ram
- 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. - Indian Hunting Bison
- A sheep taking in the view
A sheep taking in the view - Head of Mus decumanus
- Cape Buffalo
- A Kitten
A Kitten - Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels
Dromedary (standing) and Bactrian Camels - Nutria
I believe this is a Nutria, an animal like a beaver but with a rat like tail - Deer boar
Deer boar - Angora Buck
Early Importation - 3 Giraffe
3 Giraffe - 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
- The field-mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
- Loaded-up Camel
Loaded-up Camel - Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf
Half-breed (Buffalo-Domestic) Calf - Italian Buffalo
- Zebus (var. γ) and Car
- Freiburger Beef
Freiburger Beef