, 1877-02-27

Ctnt gentlemen, the latter Was cnT1EcA, AID
.wfnglng round like lighting, with slcrc., srarl,
tic reptiles clo.ed their Jaws intcrlapplng, aud
the struggle that cnantd waA a fearful onc. Two
Of tie smAller ones followed suit and began
fighting on their avn hook. Hood lowed frrrn
tic JAWS of thc two larger ones, and a general
comlhottnn waa observable among tho whoo lot.
The. v!nitoss gathered round tho tank and
v!cwnl tho battle With dccp Interest. All four
to their work, and their contortlnns wcsc fright
iul. Finally Prot. Butler decided to have
etrcam Of t0ld Crotun water thrown on the
for tho sudden dasb u lee-cold water ra, evtt
IDENTIFY tlfstastcful to the t,rutes, Is their laws
relaxed and they separated. But It was only
fur I moment. for scarcely had the hose been
Ing again. this time water hal no efect. and
- ono OF the alll9ators had seized his antago-
mist by the fore foot and ras slowly toar'nu 1t
oll, more desperate measures we're deeinsd re- re-
tank, ar1neif With long Iron cFoHbar.
Cautiously pushing asidn two or three of the
smaller onrf, he made lls way 10 the centre of
the !ne!9sure. and BY mali, force prtsd M open u?
one. who WAS glad enough to swing himself
clear of danger. II II expected That iw., os
three days must c]apsc before theec tRurian
and strtct watch haa to 10 kept on The group
to prevent their killing each other. These
spcClmcna arc the largeHt In captivity, md form
at Important feature ainong tbs niRny WONDERS
Of tic aquarium.
SOURCE OF THE CONGO FOUND.
Hprtnaae'a tHass.l Republican.
Another nation, tic Portuguese, cntcrs the
field Of African discovery. For over three ten-
turtles Portugal has done nothing In that limo
she opened SO vel! with vasco ii 0an,n and the
othcr bold navtEaturs who followed him; she
has been content only to hold her Guinea
colonies and the Eastern province Of Mozam-
hiquc, harvest the commercial rewards Of their
occupation. goSern her few hundred tllDuaanl
Africans witt, severity and carry MI profitable
slavc-trade. Nov 1t Oe1:,trs 10 her that whAt 30
M1any explorers arc busy shout may be worth
her while TO look after, even OIL her own account;
fog the east, the other for the west coast, and
that for tho east has already departed for
mittcd to these expeditions Is expected
Almost coinytde6t = with thls iinportsnt -
mission Is tho news from Angola that
a Portuguese merchant has found tho source Of
the river Zatre or, - wc call It, the Congo This
merchant plaecs It twenty days march east from
stone on his tlrst Journey aeruss The continent,
I when, us well as in subsequent explorations, hs
crosscl tho River Ka.sabl, thinking 1t possible
that 1t was All silucnt OF tte Con0o, though
making no cndcayor to prove It, since hs SPECIAL
interest WAS iu tho source md feeders III the
| Nile. This K6ssatI or KAssai riscs from 1T cnt
spring, rushing tn III open plain near Dumbo
Tetnbu, flows iiorthWAtd and oecomes the Mare,
and Is, In fact, Identical With the great Zalrc, Or
Congo. The Portuguese oditor adds tilnt ths
destroys Lieut.. Can,cron's theory that the Lual-
aha Is tho Congo, but, Us that river flows north
ward. mud Canleron has proved by comparison
that feed the White Nile, IL would seem to bc
necessarily tributary Of tho Cuugo II not tie
lua[n stream.