The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-02

Mr.. Audubon describes the gonderful
socks Of Pigeoes which range over North
Ameriea. He saw 1s3 10 p minutes, all
passing IN one direction, at the rateOf miie
per minute, aud he estimated each foek IS
containing a billi0a Of pigeons, and in this
way, they were passing for three days
A toAd vas found at Orgaa 10 France,
IN weIl, which bad been eoFered up for
$50 years Il was torpid, but revived on
being exposed
When hess leave hive, al the inaiyid-
uals frss reoOanOitre the new situation in
small parties.
Reptiles become torpid Whea the tem-
per4tare S below ~ degrees. Saails,
mollnsea, and land tes,aeaA do the sane.
Ia bot aAd eqaal climates, As between the
tropics instances Of hybernAfiOa are IN
knowA.
The sleep Of winter and that Of night
arc di5ereat in those arinals which are
torpid for monihs. The bat, the hedge
hog, the taErie, the nArmOt, the hansler,
the tortoise, the toad, snakes, mOllusea,
spiders, bees, flies, bears, badgers, &c re
tire to their elOssi holes, and in VARIOUS
degrees, undergo Temporary death for
-four, sye, six, and seyea months II the
year They usually roll themselves up,
Saf bats sGspesd themselves in caves
ThOSe Who by up provisions use them be-
fore they become tOTpi3, and on reyiying,
before they veature abroad Their tenn
PsEatars lowers their respiration Is less
frequent and AZ intervals, the eircalziicu
Is reduced; they lose their feeling, the IL
sestiye organs are Inactive, and they szffer
loss Of weight The son6ned air IN which
they skat themselves. addsi TO the eold, IS
q cause Of their toEpidiiy. Facts lead to
the belief that some birds hibernate,
Two raindser drag : sls3ge 50 or GO
niles day. The traEeIlsr IS tied in ii,
and poisss il As accessory.
FsIl0E deer sght il parties for their
pasture, often for Successive days The
males for the females til one IS master
In mountain HoekS Of sheep, \ ran or
We1der takes the lead, and I'll kill dog
or resis; bull; and al TINES the whole
draw up in battle arTay, and 6ght without
retreat
0ne-eishih OF The sheep in Great Brit
ain perish eyery year Of vari01s diseases.
Tbers are supposed to be thirty nili0as.
Herds Of cattle, when attacked By =
wolf, place the calves in the ceaire Of a
circle, and rasis, in form; or the ball ad-
vanees and drives away the enemy.
The boras Of the Abyssiniah OK are
nearly four feet loog, and seven inches
diameter al their base.
I The Abyssiaian buffalo Is double the
size Of cur oxen; and two drsS As much Is
( -four hOrses there, in Egypi and Persia
Flying ChildsFs rza four mikes in 6
minutes, IS seconds, or al the r1fer Of 81!
miles an hour, carrying 9 stSae, = lbs
The mule Is the produce of the male ass
aud mare, and the hiaAy Of the she ass and
horse. The mule Is larger, more like the
marc, and the hiany more Ike the she ass.
Neither propagate with one another.
Z The ursine seals live in communities.
every male having ten or twelve females,
proteetiag his own family, and preserving
social intercourse with great interest and
sagaciiy
The dam Of the northern foxes viii fol
lOs those who Kill her young for 60 or 20
miles, and howl round then BY night and
day, I'LL she has in some way avenged her,
self.
The dog, the fox, wolf and jackal inter
mingle their breeds Jaeksls hunt il
packs with much noise, and hence driy.
prey into the haunis of lions, &c.
The spines Of the pOrcupine are frOu
nine to fifteen inches, aud perfect hard
quilts, which the animal can raise at pleas
ure, but not dart as pretended. TheJ
roam by night in quest OF roots and vege
tables, and are inofensive, their spine
protecting them from all attacks.
The sloth erawls on its belly, and doe
not advance above 100 yards 10 day. 1
IS two days in climbing and descending /;
tree.
The hippOpotamus lives and walks il
water for security, occasionally thrustin,
up its nostrils or head. In the night i
feeds on sugar-eanes, rice, maize, corn, &c
They weigh q tons but are inofensivt
unless attacked, or in the pairing season
The herds Of lamas, and those Of mos
animals, have sentinels to give warning o.
the approach of danger.
Male deer only have horns, which, afte
their sixth year, they shed annually; the
weigh from twenty to twenty-five pounds
The park deer are called fallow deer. Thi
great red deer are less common. The
have . leader, and, if necessary, fight il
concert The females expose themselve4
TO save their young.
Mamiferoas animals are divided int
ungneulated with naiis, nnguculated viii
hOOfs, and neetopOde or Eeb-foottd tn,
first order is man, or hom0-the first fam
ily Of the second order Is the simia o
monkey tribe, in 3 genera, and many spe
eies. These live IN colonies, and distine
species in the same foreS; without mutua
annoyance, aud IN the sane trees viii
parrots They MIME man IN every thing
The ourang-ouiang has ps tail, and ful
-AyN15 a. . u 4ccA 14estl- Auc1 arm
are long, and they use them as legs an,
hands. They carry clubs for offence, nov
in herds. and reside in hufs made Of leaves
TsO O. three which have been broaght {
Europe we're dOeile, sensible, initiative
! and very aEeetioaaie. In Africa the
perform much labor, and ara very useful
The pigmy without tail Is but tgO fee
high, but very ingenious, active, and mis-
chievous TIE mona monkey is q grea
favOrite in India, and they are fed an,
encouraged in some places Al AmaRadal
the Gentoos have three hospitals for them
and at Dherboy they are more numerou
than men, and must be fed or do mischief
I 1t is the magot or Barbary ape which j
usually made to perform feats in Europe
The sphinx-baboon is 3 or feet high. Ii
Borneo they pillage houses, and move il
large and very mischievous troops. Tn
ursine baboon resides in the high lands
near the Cape Of Good Hope, and Is YER
mischievous, and often dangerous 70 sin
gle travellers, carrying clubs aud THROWN,
stones with great dexterity. The preache
monkey or Beelzebub, fills the woods witt