Volume 1

Curiosities of natural history / by Francis T. Buckland.

  • Francis Trevelyan Buckland
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Curiosities of natural history / by Francis T. Buckland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Men.’ Cross Breeds of Bats. Mr. Shaw’s calculation. A bad Shot at a Bat. Bats at the Zoological Gardens. An in- valid Bat. Natural Beservoirs of Water in the African Desert. Mice found where Bats cannot get at Food. A true but horrible Story. The gnawing habits of Bats. They will attack Men. Are fond of warmth. Impudence of College Bats. Eats in Hair Warehouses. A Plea for the Bat. Pro- fessor Coleman’s remark. War proclaimed against Eats. Bats at Montfaucon. Good use made of the dead Horses. Bats’ Skins sometimes used for leather. Use of Microscope in examining Hairs. Danes’ Skin on Church-door. The Bats’ Tail. Its Use. Mr. Bishop’s Story. The Bat’s equipment. Beautiful provision to keep his Teeth always sharp. Illus- trations from the Boyal College of Surgeons. Beavers in England. Bats gnaw Ivory. Beason why they do so. Mr. B. Fauntleroy’s Ivory warehouse. Gnawed Tusks found in store. Billiard Balls not made of Bat-gnawn Ivory. Bats good Judges of the quality of Ivory. Specimens from Dr. Buckland’s Museum. Ivory Tips. Facts about Billiard Balls. The marks of Bats’ gnawings useful to the pur- chaser of Ivory. Mr. Fauntleroy’s Skull of wounded Ele- phant. Information about Ivory — Ivory Jelly. Bats on board Ship. A set of drunken Bats. Wholesale destruc- tion of Rats. Bats killed in the Atmospheric Bailway Pipes. A lost Handkerchief. Tame Eats. The Author’s Expe- rience. Ship Bats. How to catch and hold a Bat. Observ ations on the habits of the Bat. Cases of Bat, Horse, and Camel Bites. The Whipmaker’s pet Bat. The Bat Ikey. Bunaway Bats in the Yauxhall-road. Migration of Bats. A Nondescript. A Ghost Story. Oxford Eats in the Long Vacation. Migration of Bats on the Ilsley Downs. Story of a Bat-eating Slave. His Traps. Chinese dried Eats. Human Hair sometimes used for Manure. Tame Seals at a Fair. India-rubber Dogs. A Californian Cock. A French Lawsuit about a ‘ Trumpet Eat.’ French Sailors eat Bats. Dr. Kane obliged to do so also. Admiral Beaufort’s expe-
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