Identifier: animalsinactions00broo (find matches)
Title: Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter), 1846-1902
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Publisher: Boston, Lothrop pub. co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ss driven to bay, and it is even held that in India, at least,this striped monarch of the jungle has done more good thanharm — killing the worn-out old cows, who if they lived wouldhave bred the cattle plague, destroying the boar and deerwhich are the pests of farmers and harvesters, and guarding thefarm from invasion so zealously that sometimes the natives havebeen known to grumble when one was killed, and say, as theystood above the great dead cat, He never did us any harm;what a pity he is dead. Giraffes at a Lagoon. WHILE on his royal rambles through his realm the kingof the desert often turns to the swamps and pools,where he crouches in the tall grass awaiting the ap-proach of the thirsty giraffe. Indeed, the Hon has been taughtby experience that the spot which he has chosen for his huntingvigils is admirably suited for his purpose, for the giraffe cannotabstain from water for any considerable length of time, and isbound to make his way sooner or later, and generally with great
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