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RECREATION IS AS COMMON AMONG ANIMALS AS IT IS AMONG CHILDREN.
RECREATION IS AS COMMON AMONG ANIMALS
AS IT IS AMONGCHILDREN.

THE
HUMAN SIDE
OF ANIMALS

BY

ROYAL DIXON

AUTHOR OF "THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS," "THE HUMAN SIDE OF TREES," "THE HUMAN SIDE OF BIRDS," ETC.

WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORS AND
THIRTY-TWO IN BLACK-AND-WHITE

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1918, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages

MADE IN U. S. A.




TO
MARCELLUS E. FOSTER
WHO BELIEVED




NOTE

The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to his
fellow-naturalist and friend, Mr. Franklyn Everett Fitch, for carefully
reading the entire manuscript and making many scholarly and valuable
criticisms and corrections.


CONTENTS

 CHAPTERPAGE
 Forewordxiii
IAnimals That Practise Camouflage1
IIAnimal Musicians18
IIIAnimals at Play32
IVArmour-Bearing and Mail-Clad Animals46
VMiners and Excavators61
VIAnimal Mathematicians88
VIIThe Language of Animals99
VIIIIn Their Boudoirs, Hospitals and Churches120
IXSelf-Defence and Home-Government130
XArchitects, Engineers, and House-Builders150
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