The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-16
HOW THE ANIMALS SLEEP.
a siidnight visit 10 the CcntrsBPark Ne

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An Interesting study to any one fond
Of natural history is 10 note the differ
ent positions in which animals and
birds rest. A visit TO the Central Park
menagerie late at night, allowed by the
kind courtesy OF superintendent Conl<
lin, revealed some curious sights
The elephants were no longer looking
for peanuts, but lay stretched out on
the floor Of their cages, their huge legs
lying out at full length and the trunk
curved under the body. They were all
resting on their right side. Near by In
the deer-house the different deer had
oil crouchee down for their rest with
their fore1cgs bent under them and the
hind ones drawn up, while the head
was turned to the right and rested on
the side Of the body. The oryx, with
its long horns, was resting with its head
away from the body and the horns
making an arch oyer the shoulders.
The alpaca simply looked like a large
afeis=sy5e l,Jnek, deniSey
that draws the cart with the commits
sariat of the rhenagerie, was lying down
and only deigned to blink at the lamp
that revealed him resting on well lit
tened bed with his forelegs slightly
turned inward from the knee and the
hind ones also drawn inward The
female camel, who has temporary
home in the deer-house, lay on her
stomach with her fore and hind legs
bent under her while her head and neck
were stretched straight out The
little axis deer was cuddled up close to
its mother, the two looking like some
piece Of mahogany picked out with
white. Fanny" the Skye terrier, who
gives her chief attention to the rats
that swarm the house, looked out I'M
quisitively at the visitors, while her
pup lay curled up on an empty sack.
In the lion house the lioness was w.
ing on her left side at full length, while
the lion, couchant rested with his head
on his forcpaws that were crossed, his
hind legs half drawn under him. and
the tail curled in toward the body. The
pumas. tigers and leopards were all
resting on their sides, in nearly every
case lying on the right side. The hy-
enas, pariahs and scavengers OF the
forest, rested with their hind legs
drawn under them, the forelegs
stretched out with the head slightly
bent to the right. Opposite them the
two-horned rhinoceros was lying at full
length on his left side, gently snoring.
The hippopotami owed only their
head and backs above the water, and
"Fatima." the baby hippo, rested its
ponderous nose on the right shoulder
of its mother.
In the smaller mammal house, given
up almost entirely to civet cats, pos
sums and such like, every animal had
curled itself up -inta@the- smallest pos
sible space, burying the nose under the
stomach, with all their paws drawn up
close to the body. The monkeys
were squatting about their cages,
their heads bowed. down over their
chests, the arms resting on the thighs
of the hind ones A baby monkey was
sleeping cuddled up in the arms of its
mother, its little eyes peering out in
quisitively and fearlessly at the mid
night visitors. The bears were resting
Ia various positions, some lying out at
full length. others curled up. The two
polar bears were all huddled up in a
heap, with their noses buried deep In
t5eir white fur, and forepaws 'ossed
over the eyes. Most of the birds were
resting on their perches, their legs bent
under them and their heads tucked un-
der wing, in every case the right one.
The parrots, had only drawn their necks
In, while the toucan had turned its head
and rested its large beak on its back.
The pelicans slept squatting on the
ground, their heads drawn we'll back,
and resting their ponderous bills on
their breasts. In the same Enclosure
the sea lion had left the pond, and was
lying on the coping-stone. 1t lay on
its right side, the left fin resting on the
body. The head was turned upward,
showing the lower jaw, which is with
out fur. The emu was testing with the
first joints of its legs on the ground, the
body short distance above, and its
head buried in the plumes. The porcu-
pine was lying on its stomach its head
bent to the left, with the quilts stand
ing out in every direction. The llamas,
zebus and African buffalo were resting
as cows rest, with the forelegs drawn
under them and their hind ones drawn
in, and this was also true of the Amer
lean bison Under the caves of the
houses sparrows were roosting, and for
time, at least, were not chattering and
fighting. IN. Y. Tribune.
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Tho Disappointed General. -a.sa.s
A general of the first empire. as brave