The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-07
ErOLUTION IN THE IoCLRIUM.
Aiiigntors Born near the Tank Of the He'll
bender. and The Wyoming 4 xoiotl..

Al last that patient man and pcrscvcring
scientist. Dr. Doru"r. has succeeded in hatch
in.; ou' Young allisat"rs from eggs hrou .ht from
tLr Crc~ City. Thiny-nvc baby allicators
cracked their tough SHELLS and rrrpt out to the
light OF day in the New York Aquarium ycatcr-
day morning BY the time this report reaches
the readers Of THE SuN twelve more will proba-
bly, be hatchcd.
Tho ihiy-nvc that have comp out II their
shells are lively and strong and FAR moro active
in rrop rion 10 their size than alea,ors 81
fail growth-from twelve 10 fifteen feet ione-
and they ere much rrciticr. They arc eight
and half inches in length from tho end of
their noses Co. the tins Of their tails and are OF
dark very 1ark erccnish brown color. irrcgu-
larry barred around the body and tail. and
siashcd and shoitcd on the head with gold
color.
How did YOU make this hatch Dr. Dorner ?"
wis uskol. Hc replied:
iuf into a large and deep box two feet Of
hay. then on that two inches of fresh horse
dung. In this placed the eggs and covered
them with two frct mora Of hay. Eyory day
sprinklod the hay with wajar. | found TINT tho
fret eggs that attempted - hatch hal boon
kept too dry. The alLumen dried W and the
eu.lrf' al igg'ors liod.'
How came YOU to change your plan with
The c-es from which those wcrc hntchrl
were N'NElf OF % man IN Now orleans who
n'HNcs "a lus n"ss .of lntchng the eggs To- soil
thryoung ones 90 Northern visitors. who, ~ all
things proicr tn take home yonnc alligator
with Thorn ne "a souvenir 81 their winter in the
sunny South. This man had had these Eggs
inruh ting about four w'cks. when u" siari"d
them hy ~ 'nn"r to the Aquarium We reecIvoi
tl"m ou the Gth " August and a. this i~the it'l
IT Sept frnh.r il seems that ]; fakos hctw"on
zen ard eleven weeks 70 incuhaie the eggs OF
"pIIyou turn these eggs over z"
III pornor lanrhns'-' ~. I Hid not
No nor do ] think they viii need any fool
until next spring; lui ! viii try thrin with
dcni a. lrS. worms. and hi'; y raw neSh'
IA YOU mas" a good hatch We're there
NJ addlrd 'sc. ~ dond ,emhryo~|
/ batch. AMI h"re ne ihiriy-hye young allisatois
/ H,.xhbtei both. And here is the thirty
lie uncovered pan in which was an, ALI.
/ op"n. Int siill living Young alligator. "Icqt
half-hatrhed rondi to stop all inrrcduiity in
r"gnrd 70 these nlllsators having been Matched
brought them from New Orleans Have you
sec. i,s Wyoming exoloils -
Come this wav."
Ana Va i.d th, way 20 n tank in which the
po iyw'g-l Features. my along with e NUM-
Fer Of n-nh"nlers. They aro th" protti' -
specimens ~ all the IT or newt r.l' the crawl
lnt '"frYhianS. or an.phiula Gradientia o.
li.w ing have YOU hal theso follows"
~ two wees. and sine thev hav" ar,
/ 3alamHn l"r. or iHli uuimal. It's cll- have q S.
npr.ur.l and it docs not breathe under water
40 a.i. II sinvs most 90 the 'ime on @ stone in
,,1r tins a.ny' ~ ir.. ana tr'othes altogether
,. II not a.. gass that 81 pollywocs eyolute
&c. mot wn,s u is only under changed
conditions tha' aNoloti- develop into sala-
numbers this being 0n" ot The strongest argu-
m"nt- for the parw.ninns. This cy luton has
been OILS 'rNrd oNIV ONO before. and that WAS hy