The Wonders of the Jungle, Book One
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The Wonders of the Jungle by Sarath Kumar Ghosh is the story of How do elephants drink? What is the Law of the Jungle at the water hole? How does an elephant baby learn to feed and learn to swim? How do they walk under water? In what order do buffaloes drink? How do buffaloes fight the tiger? These and other wild inhabitants of the Indian jungle such as pigs, wild dogs, deer, camels, bears and birds are discussed in lively stories to entertain but mainly educate children of school age. "One of the great thinkers of the world has said that all the sciences are embodied in natural history. Hence...
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- HEATH SUPPLEMENTARY READERS
- THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE
- PRINCE SARATH GHOSH Book One
- D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY
- BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO ATLANTA DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO LONDON
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE WONDERS OF THE JUNGLE
- CHAPTER I The Midnight Pool
- Elephants Drink First—but Down Stream
- How the Elephant Drinks
- Why the Elephant Drinks with His Trunk
- CHAPTER II The Law of the Jungle
- How Buffaloes Come to Drink—in Rows
- Buffalo Knights Guard the Timid Deer
- Wild Pigs—Careless
- Red Dogs—Bold, Fearing Nobody
- Other Animals Come Alone
- The Law of the Jungle—Clear Water for All
- CHAPTER III The Elephants' Bath
- Elephant Child Obeys Mamma—or Gets Spanked
- How the Elephant Child is Bathed
- How the Elephant Child Learns to Swim
- CHAPTER IV. Elephants: The Tricks of the Jungle
- Elephant Child Learns to Feed
- Elephant Child "Swats" Tormenting Flies
- Elephant Covers his Back from Hot Sun
- How Elephants Walk under Water
- How Elephants Break Down or Pull Out Trees
- CHAPTER V Elephants: The Tricky Trap
- The Elephant Taps Suspicious Ground with his Trunk
- Elephant Tricks the Tricky Trappers
- CHAPTER VI Buffaloes: The Knights of the Jungle
- Buffaloes Cover Body with Mud against Flies
- How Buffaloes Guard against Tiger while Feeding
- How Buffaloes Know Danger is Coming—Three Ways
- Buffalo Sentinels
- Buffaloes Make a Ring when Tiger Comes
- Small Animals Find Safety in Buffalo Ring
- CHAPTER VII Taming the Buffalo
- Wild Buffaloes Tamed Quickly by Kindness
- Little Boys Take Charge of Buffaloes
- How the Big Buffaloes Love the Little Boys
- CHAPTER VIII The Buffalo and the Boy
- CHAPTER IX Deer and Antelope
- Horns and Antlers Different in Three Ways
- Elk and Other American Deer
- Other Kinds of Deer
- Barking Deer—One of the Wonders of Nature
- CHAPTER X Deer and Antelope: Their Special Gifts
- Each Animal has the Gift he Needs Most
- CHAPTER XI The Camel
- The Camel's Wonderful Gifts
- CHAPTER XII The Camel and the Thief
- CHAPTER XIII Bears
- The Polar Bear
- American Bears
- Other Bears
- CHAPTER XIV Bears: The Tricky Trap
- CHAPTER XV Bright Birds
- The Flamingo
- The Parrot
- The Cockatoo
- The Peacock
- The Golden Pheasant
- The Snowy Egret
- CHAPTER XVI The Caged Parrot
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