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THE natives of India have been described from many different points of view, but Mr. Kipling is the only writer to whom it has occurred to give a full account of their relations to animals. The task is one for which he is admirably fitted, and he has fulfilled it in a way that cannot fail to secure for the book an enduring place in the literature relating to Indian subjects. The work has considerable scientific value, not only because the author presents the people of India in a new light, but because he has much that is fresh to say about the animals to which he refers. Animals have a great attraction for him, and his notes on their habits have the brightness and charm that belong only to records of direct personal observation. The volume is enriched with many clever illustrations, the majority of which are from drawings by Mr. Kipling himself. Most of the others are from drawings by native artists. Several of these illustrations we are enabled to reproduce.2
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Beast and Man in India 1 . Nature 45, 131–133 (1891). https://doi.org/10.1038/045131a0
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