t h eh i s t o r i a

n a t u r a l i si s s u e

p r i c e l e s s

a m a g a z i n ef u l l o f a r t ,

l i t t e r ,p o l i t i c s ,

s w o r d - f i s h e s ,d e s i g n ,

l i t e r a t u r e ,s c i e n c e ,

a n t h r o p o l -o g y ,

t a x i d e r m y , b e e t l e s ,

s e x & f o r e i g n o r f o r g o t t e nl a n g u a g e s

r e a l l y r i c h

T a b l e o f c o n t e n t S — — o f t h e — —

h i s t o r i an a t u r a l i s

i s s u e

T he Red Fish

l at e r on i n l i f e a n d u p t o a fa i r ly-l a r g e si z e , t h is s pe c i e s is k n ow n f i r s t a s “ s qu i r e ” a n d t h e n a s “ s c ho ols n a ppe r ”; w h i l e be yon d t h is s tag e , w e g e t w h at is k n ow n a s t h e “ol d -m a n s n a ppe r . ” at t h e l a s t-m e n t ion e d s tag e , t h e f is h is c h a r ac t e r-is e d by a t r e-m e n d ous , b on y

pr o t u be r a n c e at t h e t op of t h e h e a d ; a n d , at t h e s a m e t i m e , a f l a bby, f l e s h y n o s e , of a l mo s t h u m a n a ppe a r a n c e is f or m e d . at t h is t i m e , t h e l i k e-n e s s of t h e ol d m a n s n a ppe r ’s c ou n t e n a n c e t o a h u m a nfac e , is of t e n mo s t r e m a r k-a bl e ; pa r t ic u-l a r ly w h e n , a s

is s o of t e n t h e c a s e , t h e n o s e h a s t h e bl oat e d a ppe a r a n c e of a n i n e br i at e ’s . t h e ol d m a n s n a ppe r is s om e-t i m e s c au g h t of a w e ig h t of ov e r 3 0 p ou n d s . i t is f ou n d on s a n dy b o t t om s i n fa i r ly-de e p wat e r , w h e r e i t s u b sis t s c h i e f ly u p on s ta r f is h e s , s a n d -wor m s , c rus tac e a n s ,

e t c . on e wou l d t h i n k t h at t h e c on di t ion of t h e t e e t h at t h is s tag e m ig h t h av e s om e t h i n g t o d o w i t h t h is c h a n g e of h a bi-tat, a s t h e y a r e t h e n wor n a n d of t e n de c ay e d . i t is wor t h m e n-t ion i n g t h at a l l of t h e l a r g e “ol d -m a n ” s n a p-pe r s t h at i h av e e x a m i n e d h av e be e n f e m a l e s .

The “old man” snapper: an in-depth guide

B e h o l dt h e

“ o l d M A N ” !

nN nN— 1 —

from the time of herodotus un-

til to-day, lion stories innume-rable have been

told and written. i have put some on record myself. but

no lion story i have ever heard or read equals in its

longsustained and dramatic interest

the story of the tsavo man-eaters

as told by col. patterson.

a lion story is usually a tale of

adventures, often very terrible and pathetic, which

occupied but a few hours of one night

; but the tale of the tsavo manea-ters is an epic of

terrible tragedies spread out over several months, and only at last

brought to an end by the resource

and determination of one man.

LIONS: LOVELY BIG CATSOR DREADFUL MONSTERS?

in the who-le of my life i have never experienced

anythingmore nerve-

shaking than to hear the

deeproars of the-

se dreadful monsters growing

graduallynearer and nearer, and

to know that some one

or other of us was do-omed to be

their victim before

morning dawned. once they reached the vicinity of the cam-

ps, the roars completely

ceased,and we

knew that they were

stalking for their prey.

shouts would then pass

from camp to camp,

“khabar da?’, bhaieon,

shaitan ata”(“beware,

brothers, the devil is

coming”).

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