《Wild Company Encounters Between Man and Beast》

Foreword＆Eric Duthie9

Acknowledgements13

Evocation － The Kingdom of the Beast＆Llewelyn Powys17

Part OneThe Golden Age25

A Gazelle＆Karen Blixen27

Maxwell＇s Otter＆Gavin Maxwell42

The Albino Bat＆Leonard Dubkin54

Samuel Whiskers＆Frances Pitt69

Elsa Learns to Hunt＆Joy Adamson75

The Story of Cholmondely＆Gerald Durrell84

Part TwoThe Hunter and the Hunted91

The Nightjar＇s Eggs:the End of a Man-eater＆Jim Corbett93

The Wild Goat＇s Kid＆Liam O＇Flaherty102

Falcons＆Clifford Hornby111

1The Merlin111

2 The Peregrine117

Gorilla Hunter＆Paul du Chaillu121

The Muckle Hart of Ben More＆Charles St John127

Running the Buffalo＆Francis Parkman140

Blind Driver Ants:a Terror by Night＆Arthur Loveridge147

Wood Pigeons in November＆Ian Niall157

When Things Go Wrong163

1Trouble with a Tusker＆Colonel Kesri Singh163

2 Trouble with a Leopard＆Carl Akeley169

Death of a Wren＆Frank Kendon178

Part ThreeObservers and Collectors181

Brief Encounters183

1Seen and Lost＆W．H．Hudson183

2 The White Goose＆W．H．Hudson187

3 A Little War＆Henry David Thoreau191

Sea Beasts of the Kon-Tiki＆Thor Heyerdahl194

The Typhlops in Disguise＆Gerald Durrell205

Fire Opal＆J．H．Williams213

The Clepsine leech＆Sally Carrighar219

Palisade Magic＆William Beebe226

The Taming of the Shrew＆Konrad Z．Lorenz236

On a Tropical Island＆Gilbert C．Klingel254

1Sea Anemones254

2 The Edge of a World258

The Mantis:her Love-making＆Jean Henri Fabre265

King Cobra＆Frank Buck and Edward Anthony271

The Beast as Entertainer281

1How to Train Fleas＆Francis Buckland281

2 Paradise Lost＆G．W．Stonier284

Part FourThe Inquiring Mind289

Instinct and Intelligence＆E．L．Grant Watson291

Mind Under Water＆Richard Jefferies296

Science，or Sentiment＆Henry Williamson303

Sympathy in Apes＆Wolfgang Kohler308

Some Experiments with Animals＆Frank W．Lane318

Man＇s Place in Nature＆Sir Julian Huxley329