The sun., 1892-07-17
Vast Areas In which There Arc No Vid
Animals OF Considerable Sta.

From The San Eancis~, Chronicle.
Russian naturalist. Prof. Maclay. who
describes the highland district Of the great
island IA region as remarkable for its
rious climate n perpetual May in. the terrace
lands. with March ami Anri! rlatearTs here
Of % the H Whole island exceeds that "i Texas. but
its population, hardly nggregates mil.
S c.rs Saea St e' .rs sGrss 'Sas %t
The The coast @ plain. Tho uTlapds, too. abound
s"iyaeis %'E aS rsasan a WHY WY the the natives should
limit their hunting grounds to the sw.lter-
E s1s n"t hGr them ts Isn
Torr". r.nSetherr ars SUBMITS towering tG,. to !.
"i i ii" il " equator az has covered the highlands with
n luxuritnt vegetation. snow Is hardly ever
now aud then. AMI tho triz"io-haired cHast
Iw.crs ar., y" m"Hnta,ns N.Ta as the inui"S nos
i1r Of hH Mxan asa 81 nS1a but the
Kingdom OF man. nal, Is represented only hy
few marsnpials ground knnsarons tres
kanGnroos aud opossums. besides the Wild
hogs " the river Jnn:les A.
A much stranger country in regard to the
Indian archipelago w.th its four muEnilccnt
islands nna countless islHts; ha; brcn r iMstiy
more than n hundred thousand square miles.
monopolizcd almost entirely hy birds and in
archipelago had been someho overlooked on
the last two days Of creation. and lott to he
coasts esna vi SqD or lying Ther" arc forests
teemins With Simultaneous - frult ., Gu1 n" mrn rn.
no T,
clc species. No, pumas or jaguars Though
10th, are found on, tho coasts OF tho
ersSsGlddinF or Mldvn Fass ss''nntd @
ais. too. are consnicuous by their absence.
70, L. admirably aDtpI tO murmOtS and
woodchucks. but thr, are tenanted only by
bats. On the fine highland pastures there arc
to say. not uvcn rabbits Sheep. goats. horses.
donkeys. cows. ho:s. and even dogs, were in
% only domestic ft' nam NAL Kept by tho nrtiyes at
the time OF tho discovery was small kind u
w2Itprairis wo imrortsd tTSm MeSS2 Me- and
fattencd for culinary purposes without know
ing anything about classic rrec.dent-the
Who preferred dormousc on toast to the bose
Syrian pheasant pies.
Dogs and cats were unknown. and that lack
aborigines t. strange e1pcdients. for in "Ogil-
KS noyases there is t an neIonaf ,oms %, San
that made its Headquarters in On artificial pond
aud was so well trained that, when called by
water and 60 directly to the .caciInes house.
where. eing fed. II returned to tho pond ac-
charm the mnnatee hy their singing. and it
| oiton carried two children NJ n time on its
ha,S BENZ "nc hoWeyf i strTGk by nike
come out q tho water II there was clothed
Mnnntncs have become rather scarce on the
coast OF San Domingo but ARE OFT N seen near
the island Of PnoS. northwest OF Cuba. where
hs fse the Iy
the Gin House. OF all aquatic mammals
the manatee: however: can claim the cham
| tack: u leveled hnrpoon is enough to make
| them plunge under with a. no you dor, y
times and places, waving their liinpers in de.
| lsion. and ready to disappear for good at
| the first suspicious motion. The luxury
OF "f lis his; SUBJECTS Puppies and Kit
tons were never seen IN their cabins. and tho
| about eighteen inches without tho tail Its
| "antll arrendaGe Is compromise between
| that -! the true Int and the nl,lornin gopher.
| anA in it's hurrOwinG mnnia. one pnir owning.
| often rs manyns iour different d"ns. more Or
less connected. by subterran"an tunnels.
| San Domingo. jamaica and Costa Flea have
no lnnd creatures deserving the nnmo nf n
| game animal. Tor even the omuvorous appe-
| tito of The Haytian dar kios draws the, line At
| Some wond~rful Mirage Ell cts ON the
Amer.c m Eererta.
| From n, Sun Franeisc, CAropi-'a
| Caliiornas mirages are second to none. Go
| down to the Colorado desert. You Will IND
there mirage that Is !; mirage. You may
s".h IN En % tie
| Take the one that fixes itsrlf over the bod oi
| tho Dry Lake and counter!"its water; There Us
n curious coincidence about that, Everybody
remembers how u year ago tn. Colora'lo RIVER
| broke it's bunkS and wiped the Dry Lake from