CHAPTER I IN WHICH I BECOME "THE BOY TRAINER" A LION HUNT IN A SEWER CHAPTER II ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILD-ANIMAL TRAINING CHAPTER III HOUSEKEEPING FOR WILD ANIMALS CHAPTER IV THE FEEDING OF SNAKES AND ELEPHANTS CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS CHAPTER VI "GOING BAD" ANIMAL INSTINCT CHAPTER VII HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAPTURED CHAPTER VIII THE WILD ANIMALS' KINDERGARTEN CHAPTER IX HOW WILD BEASTS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS CHAPTER X AN ANIMAL SHOW AT NIGHT CHAPTER XI THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING CHAPTER XII THE ANIMAL TRAINER SOME FAMOUS TRAINERS Title: The Training of Wild Animals Author: Frank Charles Bostock Editor: Ellen Velvin Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Charlie Howard |
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THE TRAINING OF
WILD ANIMALS
THE TRAINING
OF WILD ANIMALS
BY
FRANK C. BOSTOCK
EDITED BY
ELLEN VELVIN, F.Z.S.
AUTHOR OF “RATAPLAN: A ROGUE
ELEPHANT,” ETC.
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Published July, 1903
Printed in U. S. A.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO MY SON
FRANCIS EDWARD BOSTOCK