Wild Company Encounters Between Man and BeastPDF电子书下载

Foreword＆Eric Duthie 9

Acknowledgements 13

Evocation － The Kingdom of the Beast＆Llewelyn Powys 17

Part One The Golden Age 25

A Gazelle＆Karen Blixen 27

Maxwell＇s Otter＆Gavin Maxwell 42

The Albino Bat＆Leonard Dubkin 54

Samuel Whiskers＆Frances Pitt 69

Elsa Learns to Hunt＆Joy Adamson 75

The Story of Cholmondely＆Gerald Durrell 84

Part Two The Hunter and the Hunted 91

The Nightjar＇s Eggs:the End of a Man-eater＆Jim Corbett 93

The Wild Goat＇s Kid＆Liam O＇Flaherty 102

Falcons＆Clifford Hornby 111

1 The Merlin 111

2 The Peregrine 117

Gorilla Hunter＆Paul du Chaillu 121

The Muckle Hart of Ben More＆Charles St John 127

Running the Buffalo＆Francis Parkman 140

Blind Driver Ants:a Terror by Night＆Arthur Loveridge 147

Wood Pigeons in November＆Ian Niall 157

When Things Go Wrong 163

1 Trouble with a Tusker＆Colonel Kesri Singh 163

2 Trouble with a Leopard＆Carl Akeley 169

Death of a Wren＆Frank Kendon 178

Part Three Observers and Collectors 181

Brief Encounters 183

1 Seen and Lost＆W．H．Hudson 183

2 The White Goose＆W．H．Hudson 187

3 A Little War＆Henry David Thoreau 191

Sea Beasts of the Kon-Tiki＆Thor Heyerdahl 194

The Typhlops in Disguise＆Gerald Durrell 205

Fire Opal＆J．H．Williams 213

The Clepsine leech＆Sally Carrighar 219

Palisade Magic＆William Beebe 226

The Taming of the Shrew＆Konrad Z．Lorenz 236

On a Tropical Island＆Gilbert C．Klingel 254

1 Sea Anemones 254

2 The Edge of a World 258

The Mantis:her Love-making＆Jean Henri Fabre 265

King Cobra＆Frank Buck and Edward Anthony 271

The Beast as Entertainer 281

1 How to Train Fleas＆Francis Buckland 281

2 Paradise Lost＆G．W．Stonier 284

Part Four The Inquiring Mind 289

Instinct and Intelligence＆E．L．Grant Watson 291

Mind Under Water＆Richard Jefferies 296

Science，or Sentiment＆Henry Williamson 303

Sympathy in Apes＆Wolfgang Kohler 308

Some Experiments with Animals＆Frank W．Lane 318

Man＇s Place in Nature＆Sir Julian Huxley 329