Lives Collection (#7)

Hunter and Buffalo
Eyeball to eyeball with a buffalo - Adulphe Delegorgue, travelling in South Africa, has a close encounter with a buffalo but lives (somewhat scarred) to write his memoirs

Monk with St. Bernard s
A monk and with one of the famous St. Bernard dogs which have saved many lives from peril and whose winter work in the Swiss Alps is both hard and dangerous

Tarsier - 2
(tarsius bancanus) This is probably the Western Tarsier, which lives in the East. It is classified as a prosimian

Bewick / Souslik
(or Suslik) (Mus citellus) Classed by Bewick as a mouse, (he also calls it a Sisel) this rodent lives on the banks of the Volga and in Austria

Otter (Bewick)
mustela lutra : le loutre, according to Buffon. Loved by some, hunted by others, the otter lives a marginal existence in and out of water

Marmot (Bewick)
mus marmota somewhat like a mouse, somewhat like a hare, it lives in the higher Alpa, Poland, Ukraine and Tartary

Radiated Mole (Bewick)
sorex cristatus This is the RADIATED MOLE, smaller than the Common Mole, who lives in, or rather under, North America. Unfortunately its fur is used to make hats

Green Monkey (Bewick)
simis sabaea : Buffon calls it the CALLITRICHE. The hair on the upper body is green, the underside silver. It lives on the Cape Verde islands and parts of North Africa

Striated Monkey (Bewick)
simia iacchus : Buffon calls it the OUISTITI. It lives in Brazil where it feeds on fruits, vegetables, insects and snails, and is fond of fish

Red-Tailed Monkey Bewick
Simia oedipus (!) A lively, beautiful little animal who lives on the banks of the Amazon and is notable for its long silvery hair and its soft whistling voice

Barbary Ape (Bewick)
Simia inuus...is wilder and more intractable than the others. It lives in most parts of Africa, from Barbary to the Cape of Good Hope

Cavy (Bewick)
mus paca This is the SPOTTED CAVY, a relatived of the guine-pig. It lives in America but has no tail

Syrian Goat (Bewick)
This is the SYRIAN GOAT so- called because that is where it lives

Akouchi (Bewick)
The Akouchi seems to be a variety of the agouti, Bewick says. It lives in South America - that is, until it is hunted, caught and eaten

FOSSANE
Cryptoprocta ferox. Known as foussa in Madagascar, where it lives : it is pretty much like a weasel or genet

Sioux Attack Feds
Sioux, showing a sad disregard for property rights, attack a Federal baggage-train : lives are lost on both sides

Lusitania Sinks (Morell)
Torpedoed within sight of the Irish coast: a reconstruction of where and how the Cunard passenger liner was sunk by German U-boat U-20, with the loss of 1198 lives

Events / South America
Angered by Spanish intrusion on their lives, their greed and harshness, the natives of Cumana turn on them and slaughter many

Lusitania in 1908
Passenger liner of the Cunard line, the largest in the world at the time of her launch; she will be torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915, with the lost of 1198 lives

Morey Bernstein, businessman, hypnotist and writer
Morey Bernstein (1919-1999), Colorado businessman, amateur hypnotist, and author of the book, The Search for Bridey Murphy

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