Tail Collection (page 17)

Tom the Pipers Son grabs pig by tail
Tom the Pipers Son grabs a surprised pig by the tail

Gwydir Castle, Peacock & Gardener
Gwydir Castle - a peacock has a peck at a tray of seeds while the oblivious gardener (possibly having forty winks!) has a seat in the sun a little furher along the gravel path

Fashionable Ball, France
A private dance in the Chausee d Antin, Paris : four dancers perform the Queue du chat (Cats tail)

WOMEN & GIRL 1876
Girl: short grey dress trimmed with red ribbons down the front. Women: jacket bodices, one with pointed basques at the back, tie-back skirts & long mermaid-tail trains

Boy Makes Kite Tail 1912
A boy makes the tail of a kite

BLERIOT 1910
The distinctive pigeon tail on this, one of the last Bleriot monoplanes, is a marked advance on the box-like tail-ends he has used till now

Hanuman Burns Lanka
Ravana tries to punish the monkey god Hanuman (captured seeking Sita) by setting his tail alight. But Hanuman escapes & sets fire to Ravanas city, Lanka

Salt on Dragons Tail
Todays youngsters aren t afraid of dragons : they know you only have to sprinkle salt on their tails, and the fearsome beast breathes fire no more

Folklore / Chimera
The chimera has - a lions head - a goats body - a dragons tail

Fall / Abyssinian / 1936
A cat looking alert with its tail curled up in anticipation

FALL / MANX CAT / 1936
A manx cat sitting down, so you cannot really see that it does not have a tail

Chichen Itza / Cat Relief
A bas-relief of a cat from the tomb of Chaacmol, found by August Le Plongeon at Chichen Itza

Peacocks and Peahens
One peacock perches on a bough, letting its tail droop while another puts on a show, one peahen shows interest but the others peck for food. (Pavo cristatus)

The Golden Bird
He covers ground rapidly, sitting on the foxs tail with his feet on its back

Tailor-Made 1912
Fur-trimmed tailor-made costume with hobble skirt worn with a fur stole with animal tail fringing, a flat fur muff ornamented with roses, an animal head & tails

Blue Coat 1830
Blue double-breasted tail coat cut-away at the front & with a high stand-fall velvet collar, white fly-fronted trousers, black pumps with bows, grey top hat & cane

Reevess Pheasant
REEVESs PHEASANT phasianus reevesii (possibly the bird with the longest tail-to-body ratio)

Jackals Playing 1879
Three jackals playing together

Blunt / Cetus / Plate 53
The constellation of Cetus: the animal is based on a whale, but has elements of a quadruped, with webbed feet and a broad tail

Blunt / Ursa Minor / Pl 25
Ursa Minor and Draco : the pole star is situated at the extremity of the tail of Ursa Minor. Draco separates Ursa Major from Ursa Minor by a portion of its tail

Worship, C18 Haiti
Religious ceremony of the inhabitants of Hispaniola, West Indies (today Haiti and Dominican Republic) - the god has heads of different animals, and a tail

Tail of Comet 1853
Passing Events or The Tail of the Comet of 1853. A summary of the years notable events include the bringing of Layards bulls to the British Museum

Is it a Peacock ???
Is it a peacock? A strange bird with brightly coloured plumage, a crest and a tail that looks like it would fan out to give an impressive display

Jumping a Picket Fence
A man in top hat & top boots out for a country ride gets his horse to jump a high picket fence

Lady into Cab
A lady enters a Paris cab. The horse (with docked tail) conceals his enthusiasm. This type of cab is known as a pot de chambre (chamberpot) for no obvious reason

Macauco (Bewick)
lemur catta : the one in the tree is a YELLOW MACAUCO, and he is looking enviously at the RING-TAILED MACAUCO. Both are beautiful, but that tail certainly gives an edge

Marmot (Bewick) - 2
mus marmota (?) this is the tail-less marmot which, Bewick says, has hitherto been undescribed. He thinks it might be a variety of Zisel. He may be right

Mongoose (Bewick)
The lower creature is the lemur mongooz : the upper the TAILLESS MACAUCO - lemur tardigradus - who spends its life envying the mongoose its tail : both live in India

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

Anteater (Bewick)
Ant-eaters come in many shapes and sizes. This one is the GREAT ANT-EATER, myrmecophaga jubata, more than a metre long, not counting its tail which is most of 1m more

Darwin / Ancestor Cartoon
CHARLES DARWIN English naturalist Cartoon of the Darwinian ancestor; " For O it is such a Norrible Tail!"

Earth and Comet
Earth surrounded by a passing comets tail

Spotted Tail / Sioux / Cig
American Sioux Indian chief who was assassinated by fellow Sioux, Crow Dog

Red Devil / 3 Horned
Red Devil with 3 horns, tail and goats legs pours money into the fire

Comet seen from Nuremberg, Germany
Depiction of a comet seen from Nuremberg, Germany, every night from 14 to 24 December 1664

Game of Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party
A game of Blind Mans Buff (or Bluff) at a childrens party in the early 19th century

Troll, pet frog, and two long-tailed creatures
A troll with his pet frog meets two long-tailed creatures

Black and brown Dachshund
A painting in black and brown colours of a sitting Dachshund gazing at the floor with large dangling ears

Alice with the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle
Alice spends some time with the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle. " When we were little, " the Mock Turtle said, " we went to school in the sea"

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