The Titan is vanquished by the pigmy.

The result greatly surpassed my expectations.

The argument is erroneous: instinct developed by degrees is flagrantly impossible in this case.

The jackal looks a little like the wolf, but is smaller and is harmless to man.

Let us restore the nests to their natural places, exchanging them afresh.

If the tooth, moistened with saliva, pierces the skin so as to draw blood, it is all over with the victim: hydrophobia has been communicated.

“It is very queer, that unequal division of colors—three for the Tabby and only two at most for the Tom-cat. Other animals show nothing of the sort.”

“The Leicester sheep must have acted on the snowball wonderfully, to increase its weight from thirty kilograms to one hundred and fifty.”

The goat is always friendly if well treated. Its butting is then harmless, and play does not degenerate into a fight.

The ox, similarly spotted with black and white, has powerful and very pointed horns; but the peaceful beast never dreams of using its formidable weapons.

Since you like milk so much, you shall learn something about it; then your breakfast will give you a double benefit, food for the body and food for the mind.

The fatty matter composing butter behaves in the same way as the oil of our experiment.

Among our domestic animals three, the ox, goat and sheep, are remarkable for their horns and split hoofs

By adding or withdrawing, in varying quantities, this fatty constituent of the milk, we obtain as many different varieties of cheese.

Despite all its improvement the pig still remains a coarse animal, resembling the wild boar in more than one trait.

“I can’t think without horror,” said Jules, “of the terrible itching such an army of vermin must cause, biting and boring into the creature’s flesh all over its

“And there we have shepherd dogs attacked by tænia,” said Louis. “Their excrement will spread the staggers among the flock.”

The horse’s neigh or whinny, as it is called, varies according to the feelings expressed.

The horse’s mode of progress is called its gait, and may be either natural or artificial, depending on whether the animal is untrained or trained.

“The ancient origin of the ass could not have nobler credentials,” said Jules.