Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 334
ed ; and even if their prison-house be a large yard they crouch timidly in the corners, and do not venture to attack a human being if he enters the same inclosure. Audubon mentions a curious instance of this strange timidity in so fierce an animal, and of which he was an eye-witness. A farmer had… … THERE is a rather smaller species of Wolf, which is found in great numbers upon the American prairies, and named for that reason the PRAtRIE Wor. These animals are always found hanging on the outskirts of the numerous herds of bisons that roam the prairies, and pick up a subsistence by assailing…
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