The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-07-24
A Hospital for Animals.

The Pinjrapool, or hospital for ami
mails, is a large inclosure or series of
Enclosures, literally provided with
sheds and pens, writes correspondent
from Bombay, India
We entered at gate where many
natives were entering, without the
customary formality of paying fee.
We were. promptly met by a Moham-
medan native in charge, who inquired
of my companion, as your house well9"
1t is against the rules of Indian eti-
quette to specify the wife or child in
seeking information touching the
health.
"a heard" he continued, stillin Hin
doostanee, which was translated to me
afterward, shat your enemies were
sick"
This, again, is the Mohammedan
way of intimating that the speaker has
learned of your own ill health. Cir
cumlocutions are alwa, 8 employed in
speaking of the health. have
learned good many things about ma
tive customs which facilitate my inter
course with the people. For instance,
! know better than to offer to buy of
Mohammedan of rank any article be-
longing to him which l may covet, for
he is sure to give it to me instead, and
then expect something worth twice as
much in return. In tho present case
our host was too busy to waste much
time in ceremonious babble, and we
began our tour of the institution forth
with. First we visited the department
OF cows. Here were bossies with all
sorts of diseases and misfortunes. One
had the hind leg cut off above the
knee. Several had stiff legs that pro-
iected in various awkward ways, and
seemed to be quite paralyzed. Others
had sores upon their bodies that were
pitiable to look upon. There were a
few calves thst had not inherited the
mothers disease, and these, we were
informed, were given to poor people.
The place was not inviting, of course,
for no place can be where such loath-
some ailments are brought together;
but at least, the animals had enough
to eat, with kind treatment beside, and
it Is rebuke to our civilization that
we have no such institution. This
hospital is public charity kept up by
the heather residents of Bombay, with
such aid from outsiders as may volun-
tarily be contributed.
The horses. department was repe-
ition of the diseases and malforma-
ton witnessed among the bovines.
Two very aged animals were dying
upon the floor of their stalls.
The cat and dog departments were
in different parts of the same inclosure.
The cats were the most attractive.
The dogs were dreadfully NANCY, and
all seemed to be afflicted with repulsive
running sores.
"Wouldn't it be better to have sepa-
rate pens for each dog?' 1 inquired.
Surely these sores must be conta-
gious.'
Eyes, that is one of the considera-
tions of the future. We cannot yet do
all that we would. Wehave two carts
out all day picking up diseased and
homeless dogs"
"What are done with the animals as
fast as they die??'
every night we gather them up,
take them to place in the suburbs of
the city and there bury them. You
will notice that there are several dead
dogs lying among the rest new"
"How many animals have you got
here?"
"Oh, the number changes every day,
of course; but you might say 1900 i'll
ound numbers. Then you know
here are two other branches of the
Pinirapool in Bombay, each of which
has from 1900 to 1,500 animals. Our
facilities are inadequate to the work
that is before u.s.
The same story of disease and age
was told in the other departments,
those for pigs, sheep, buffaloes, mon
keys, porcupines, jackals and various
kinds of birds. Besides those animals
thus provided with pens, there were
calves and goats wandering promiscu-
ously over the premises. and thousands
of pigeons flying about just over our
heads. / have never heard of any in
stitution elsewhere that was SO extern
sive; and yet it is curious that in these
days of humane societies pagan India
should furnish this singular example.
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