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VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE AFRICAN PLAINS, 240 V. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD, 258 VI. FLORA OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAINS, 273 VII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD:—HERBIVOROUS ANIMALS, 281 VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD—CONTINUED:—THE CARNIVORA, 300 IX. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE OLD WORLD—CONTINUED:—BIRDS AND REPTILES, 317 X. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD:—HERBIVORA, INSECTIVORA, AND CARNIVORA, 328 XI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES OF THE NEW WORLD—CONTINUED:—BIRDS AND REPTILES, 353 XII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PRAIRIES, 366   ———   BOOK IV. THE FORESTS. I. THE VIRGIN FORESTS, 379 II. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE OLD WORLD, 397 III. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE GREAT ISLANDS, 412 IV. VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE FORESTS OF THE NEW WORLD, 428 V. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS:—THE ELEPHANT—THE RHINOCEROS, 447 VI. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE VIRGIN FORESTS:—THE GREAT APES, 463 VII. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APES:—ORANGS—GIBBONS—CHIMPANZEES—GORILLAS, 472 VIII. ANIMAL LIFE IN THE FORESTS:—THE CEBIDÆ, OR MONKEYS OF AMERICA—THE LEMURS—THE SLOTHS—THE SQUIRRELS, 487