The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-21

ing animal. The first bid was two shl-
lings, and 1t was \ long time before he got
over four-and.'ixpence. He was very
nearly knocked down for fifteen shillings.
After great deal of cbaff he realized 81
los only. Bob let me into the secret of
this. IF them as has bought him don't
know how to manage him he'll eat up the
lot on EN-, clothes and ALL This shows
what bad temper will do in approaching an
otherwise splendid animal. Camels have,
as your readers are aware, very long sharp
teeth, very like dogss teeth. They have
great reach with their long necks. A
camel's bite is very serious thing. | hear
that this animal has already bitten more
than one mad. The other camels realized
about 900 apiece n camel calf, four months
old, twenty guineas; n female lima that
goes in harness was purchased for GIG los.
lot No. 81, the spotted hyena, which had
bitten of the bears nose, fetched 80 only.
The excitement eliminated when the sale
of the lions commenced. A lioness five
years old fetched go. Two lion cubs
eighteen months old, born In the Agricul-
tural hail. fetched $50; the lioness in
cub, Clio. The auctioneer prophesied that
the purchaser would ultimately obtain
moro than one lion for his money. Bob,
however, shook his head at the auctioneer.
They'll never get any Cubs from her; she's
the worst mother out. She'll eat her lot OF
cubs before they can be took from her.
She eat the last lot of cubs when | was
travelling along with her in the provinces.
The leopardess fetched 60 only; If she had
trail she would have fetched more some
other animal had bitten her tail off at some
| time or other and converted her into a
| lynx. Two very handsome South Ameri-
can jaguars fetched respectively $50 aud
f22; these animals will find home in the
Geological gardens, Regents park. Five
small monkeys, with a tame cat thrown in,
only fetched CD; the cat lives with the
monkeys. The two Tasmaniin devils,
male and female, only fetched Is the pair
These animals are, OF course, 'Diabolus
ursinus' The Tasmanan devil is q bear.
like, savage animal; he lives in burrow,
and is great poultry eater. One of the
animals recently escaped near Taunton, and
created tremendous havoc among the pou-
try in the neighborhaod. The sale went
| off very quietly; at one time there was a
little commoti0n when lot No. 4S, the
young black mule Topsy, began to lash out
with her heels among n crowd who had
pressed too near her The lioness hap
pened TO roar at the same time, as if in
sorrow that the menagerie had broken uI,
and she and her lion relations would have
to go to fresh masters. Nothing however,
happened, except that Bob was disap-
pointed IN a job to catch any wild beast
that should happen to get loose. Repre-
sentalives were present in the hall from
most of the geological gardens both at home
and abroad The principal buyer was Mr..
Charles Jamrath, the well.known London
dealer, and agents and proprietors from
Wombwel's aud Edmonds' menagerics, and
Mr. Rice, of London: the Bristol gardens,
Hamburg. &c. The prices ought to have
been much higher, Dlt animals are not
fetching good prices at this time. Winter
is not far off. Shows cannot travel about
without difficulty in the winter, and. if they
do travel, animals are very apt to die in
cold weather.