Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-03-25

ing to its terms, and accepted, aid
hence hat the bats must haze hesn
ia the dwelling from which they
have just been released something
over 10000 900 wears at tbs vary
shortest calculation, At the tine oi
th~lr inpriRonm these bats vsrs no
doubt ptsredSctylas, or ssSs the im-
lssdiGte progsnitors Of that iutsrss'
ting group. As tho proosas OF syolu-
tlon vas going on atnve grounS and
40 up.mpIis5ned reptiles wers as
ve.o ing into biris. and 20 Oh 0p to
tnaEn mais, the Swsnten bA,s felt that
| they could not afford to be left be-
hind IN the race to ard perfection,
and hat it vat Incumbent Oh thtm
to keep up with the pi osrsss OF events.
So, very naturally, in the spring of
1882. Mr.. Reese finds that they have
transformed themselves into soma
thing so very like the ordinary bat
Of to day that IT, the casual eye here
10 no difference rsrceptibls Had the
editor carefully examined the nsttiI
whicI held tn, m. it is not impossible
that he might have seeR in it the
imprint Of a hitherto unknown species
OF pterodsctyie.
HlbernatioD among mammals rarely
covers more thsn q few mouths, ell
though we have nst cases in our oan
experience where it lasted nu"h lon
ge in fact, for many years Oae
Of these We remsmbsr especially well.
Joe Jrff rson, wbcm we bel.avs to
belong 70 the cll-s Mann liza. once
slept twent' years, while PLAYING
Rip Vaa Wake. snd We eau bnng
hundra''s If living Wi ns sss, whe saw
whe W. nj u ~ rove our so DIS.
E imsnl dss, the Greek poet, WInt
Mr. Jetrson "A .eW better, foI he took
a nag oi fifty . ved years, ahlls the
esven go, es Of Eshssus ut added
tt' b!iud, so 70 sneak, ty desIuS
aWsp 230 years ihesa last w.re
mamnaln $50. "!thoa,h boys. Thor
casa 10 interesting rs presenting AZ
ether ,o;nt If similarity 70 tks' Of
4 th Swsn;on tGts, for ihsy, too. did
their Sleeping in ca"s
The SeautoD bats i ths,r Caraon-
iierouc Gays squa hlsi with
aated'luvlsn monsters Ia dispats over
heir iood, and dast in caves AMI
ho low tFssa IN company vi h Dss,d.
reroe,on. .Baohetes sad Arsh yaieu-
1 ro formlnt halpy fse'r, rot
sarond 10 that OF ae tie gres,st'
sho8 on ear b. Ii tsS t~lhsal s
early sorn1ns they cilsIsd srst
the sts,m,ns pocls sbEslas TIE sstit
SIM oi sud rsau Iml II asoia, Sst
t,na an Hap qJyhists2m. es,sh ts"s
n ded, snd DO sIss ths tss;s Of
III 4apo,l, aud &c aosiss tkst were
aver ro2if 70 tsSs rise Al them
wA,e tue goSauyas sad ali tss rsst
Of tho saulus family Looked "a a. tss
w.d romp lth Rlsdls latsrsst.
LII or Ii, the day, ~tsn the II pic
san poured iowa with 70 vii Asai,
anu no breeze E.d the ssrfacs Of
the water or stlrra1 tas straight,
pale foliage OF the tall 'spid I'd sn-
drid', cslamites, and tres fsrns,
the Sysnlon bats bNus tssEssivss
up on the clffe AID comfortably dossd
away the time unlil tho esoi q the
evcuing, when. tDsy recsnmsacsd
t. cir flight Then the srtosiisross
boy, if there had been ere. nigh'
havo thrown up his LsI, and as ks
Pre-. pier dc yies ppsl by sn
lesthery wings, entrsstsd them III the
language, OF his time
"Bat, bat fly into my nat,
And III give you pouud oI caadls fat"
About this t:ms. ~ h.tsos-if
We may lie Allowed this 10 n-s.t r
ell the hollow tree Of our trend, the
lllor Of the V ! ey TINS, to take
a short nap of a few ncntAs. wlsn
the contractors far he ssanton nin
ook their Iodyng aoasss f-r sup
p rt to be used is t.mbsrias up the
,nlue while the col vas bslas duu-
red in, and here ,hs tree with Its
rlumbering occu, ants was cFrslsssly
lett. The poor creatures, sssRly
cuddled " inside, wsrs sever told
hing about the mater, and never
paw the light until TIE slxtsssth OF
last mon h.
Such appears to have bssa the
history of the Swantsn bsts, ssle
| living RI lies of Cal bonifei ous Time.
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