The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-12
ANIMALS SIAM DEATH
Fear Was Perhaps He.ponsibio ssr Two
strange ircidrnta

Fear Was Perhaps Re.ponsibie Tor Two !
strange ircidrnts
Tro cases are on record Of foxes be.
ING discovered In hen houses. In each
case the fox not only completely de-
roiyod the finder. but allowed himself
20 be- dragged on, hy the brush and
thrown down, Ga the one case In Held
and I'm the other o. duuFhill says the
Scotsman In each instance the ION
then jumped mp and ran away. An.
other example is that Of % fox when |
danglcd across mans shoulder aA u
allowed Itself TO be- carried along a roa'
/ lor more than mile. a. last 1t bit
the man and was promptly dropped
A cat was observed 90 carry a weasel
home iu Cos mouth. the weasel dang
Inns holple.sy. The door OF the house
was closed and the eat, in conformity
with los usual habit. meWoi Co gain adj
mission. To new, however, 1t had go /
sot down the weasel, which jumped up |
and fastened ON Does nose. The follow |
Iug instance was observed hy the late
} Prof Romaucs. A corucrakc had been
b retrieved hy a dog and. having every
' appearance Of being dead was put IN
] the mans pocket Presently violent
=. struggles were felt and the man drew
, the bird out To his establishment n
;, neair hung In his hand limp and APP
p parenuy lifolcss Il was then set upon
o the ground and watched from behind
s some cover. In short time q raised
@ iis head looked around and dcc1mpcd
4 90 fun speed A singular fact that
!. must not be- overlooked In connection
n with this phenomenon Is hat some an
/. finals have been found 20 be- actually
q dead which were 40 first thought 20 be-
y Fhamming Romancs. for instance
10 found this TO be- The ease with o SPUR
J. rDl which he had caught IN o cloth
r. aud with which be- wanted 90 expert
d, mout with regard 90 the foignlnE OF
20 death Sir Z. Tonnoni also relates. On
q. his book ON the Natural History oil
rs Ccylon. that the wild elephant some
* times dies when being taken from thD
ed corral by tame elephants Further. b,
ul relates case In which. being con
WINGED that an elephant was dead. h.
Of had H. lashiugs taken on. he and
n. friend leaning against 10 tho while q
MI rest Hardly had they left Il when /
nm rose hurrIedly and. trumpctlng yUcii
on ,fouEly. rushed on 90 the jungle IN
uy fact however. that "a squirrel or an 81
Nj. ,phaut when captured unhurt will a.
ga o. sufficient Co show that "a most power
-s tui nervous arrangement OF some sol
.r D. induced when the late J0sop
A., Thomson lcoturod Ou his African 90
M. pcr'ouCo be- related how the nvt hu
Ip iii, hc shot tn ad him and how. whf
M, Doc came Co DIT. clf and tried Co go ~
"a, De- found his antagonist Elariug at Dbl
u. frw yards away Hc told how
a., r,CO.lDgtcd that o. buffalo docs not O
=, to toss creature which shows no sigl
RI. ul i'g. aud how De- lct his head 40
III slowly back and Day shammIug dfl
az, phoasauts. in flying across wi
~, stretches OF water. have been motto
a. suddenly Go ialL lu this way they a
'' apparently drowned. Il is perhaps da
rorous to assert positively that fear
mere the active cause uf death yet
are apparently justified in beliovi
" that % par1Nysm ~ fear can proir
sudden death The squirrel and :
~" elephant may have died 100 fright "a
n.uIy death Boz man can Doc produced
VT sudden fear and although man ha'
''"- ru.h more sensitive nervous mech.
I'' .-m. far lower animals have Iu
y' tum.y active instinct of fear ~
'' Lu,J Morgan mentions fle ease u
'N.' HU.uuau working Boz tlo Severn "a
I ua. whu N.s uuIE KILLED ny O. tr
.."' o. H stated tbat "h. attention was
N.' lNateI tIat b. was unable t0 make
'm' rather b.. f.H uu desire t1 make
'Hh' appropriate movements thathc ga
100 not hDlp watching OBJ, rain hut ioIt
'ls' terror with th, greatest difficulty
Nt managed tU shake himself iloe U!
l'i' fascination. lu describing hls fecli
] he5 when tho danger o. past hr is rCpoI
10 have said. % came over an
sweat and folt as helpless 1s "a D..
I was frightened enough thou
may perhaps hD taken as o. cltalC
condition without fear.