The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15

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will be raised at once, and you will have
not merely the mother but all the herd
within hearing OF it to reckon with
All very young calves or lambs. both
upon the Northern plains and the South
ern pampas, have this curious instinct
for following practically any large NOV.
ing body-a horse, a man a wagon. or
even, it IS declared, in some cases. o7s
of those curious round weed bushes
known as tumble weeds" as they roII
slowly across the plain before the wind
After few days or weeks at the oiit
side this completely disappears and the
instinct of flight takes place
Among our bird cousins the resp3psa
to this cry is almost equally prompt Nv
far the most effective means of bringin.
birds about you for the purpose of cn4i-
waiting their acquaintance after Won bayo
settled yourself, field ass in hand. with
your back against a tree trunk is IN
place your lips to the back of your hama
in the kissing position and suck in the air
vigorously while keeping them drmh,
pressed, this giving rise to a half-sdueak.
ing, half-whistling sound that closely "a.
sembles the cry of a young bird i'm ais
tress. 1t is astonishing how quickly this
viii sometimes cause an apparently de-
serted thicket to become fairly alive with
birds, all in state of anxious excitement
Inc attitude of dogs and other domestic
animals toward the babies or children ~
the family to which they belong. and
which they probably regard as adopted
into their own family circle, is a familiar
illustration of this same feeling. Nor n
this simply a matter of affection for the
particular individual; on the contrary its
purely impersonal and, if we might use
the term, abstract character is something
curiously shown.
The broad and beautiful catholcitv NJ
the maternal instinct in animals throw
ing its mantle of protection over even
the young of their legitimate prey. NAV
also be claimed as a sort of female chiv-
airy. l have known young squirrels
young rabbits and even young children
adopted for longer or shorter periods by
mother cats, and every collection of pets
can furnish one or more instances Of
strange and often incongruous foster chill
dren. Even the disappointed instinct Of
maternity will assert itself in this regard,
for an orphaned mother hound of nv
pack was only preventedswith great DIFF
ficulty from appropriating the puppies Of
a younger and more fortunate sister And
l have twice known sour, old maid cats
to carry off vi et arms the kittens Of the
favorite of the harem;" though, in these
last two instances, there was, l fear-s1
often, alas, in even the most pious of hu-
man actions-a suspicion, at least, of the
The toast of the ladies' would be cor
daily received al any canine banquet and
the courtesy with which the privileges OF
the sex are respected is a most credita-
BILE feature of canine conduct I do not,
of course, refer merely 60 the elaborate
display of politeness and fine manners
seen everywhere during the period OF
courtship Courtesy to and respect for
the weaker sex go far beyond this. No
self-respecting dog will bite a female, ex-
cept in the EXTREMIST need of self-de-
Tense, though, l am sorry TO say that the
lady herself, as a rule, has no scrupl9
whatever about furnishing, to the full eX-
tent of her power any individual of the
opposite sex that happens TO be inferior
TO her in size or strength. And, indeed
like the woman in the crowded bus, she
is inclined to demand her privilege as
rights. A vixenish female will make more
trouble in a pack of hounds than any
three of the sterner sex, for whenever
dissatisfied she hasn't the slightest re-
serve about speaking out at once, ana
as her cause is extremely likely to DC
championed, upon general principle by
some chivalrous male, a free fight is ire
quently the result
So strong is this unwillingness 10
strike female" that it really becomes
most annoying obstacle in attempting 10
clear a neiS hborhood of wolves. as rev
/ male dogs will attack a she-wolf, or IN
some cases, even follow her trail. ! wei
remember an eXasperating experience o.,
this sort in the early days of my WOLF
hunting. A she-Wolf had been clearly
marked down, in a certain wild tract OF
dense hazel brush, by the fearful havoc
which she was making among the lamgs
of the farmers in its neighborhood III
response to their Macedonian cry an ca
hunter and myself united our packs anu
rode over to draw the thcket. LedVlhs
| our friends posted in the open couh'ry
! around, We proceeded to ride Gown
! through the middle of It, to direct mo
movements of our pack. Working my way
| through the thickest of the tangle' my
mare suddenly snorted and reared so VIZ
| lently as almost to unseat me / sa" az
| once that she had scented something anu
looking quickly down the slope or ln9
hill in front, l was just in time TO Cd'oa
the flash of a gray back ana prusn .. a..
| 1t leaped across the valley or h'''
stream below me.
1t was only the work of a minute
swing the hounds on to the hot scent ana
away they all went in a compact uoI,
and with the ringing chorus that s.l3
| the heart of the hunter as no other souH-
can. Up the hill and over the next tue.
| they swept at full speed. with the So,
! breast high, and we were just gaHople
] OH 10 our respective. runway - "a,
| hope of getting a shot when all az V",j
! the chorus ceased as suddenly as 1t ul
! begun. We listened anXiously for SET
minutes thinking that they had urn
/ up a side valley, and we would sots
| catch the cry again, but not s3una co H'l
| we hear. | was compile ely pizzieu arj
| my companion swore pictureslueH' thfs
remarked in resigned tone thal inJ
was just what he expected the DOGS n a,
caught up with the wolf, found llat .bs
was a vixen, closed the episode Oh an
| spot with apologies, and were now ,on
| the r way back 10 us Sure enough III ~.
or fifteen minutes back they trotteu' Sar
| ing much ashamed, OF Themselves ,r,
| quite determined to have nothihs i"
| to do with that trail. . .bs
Something of the same Difference Wseq
| CENTER sex may be seen among hWny
! Although horse will plo pity al aoN ' 1,
! ether horse which may interfere y,
| him. either In the field or In harne5,, lem
will very seldom attack mare ds
| horses, which cannot he worked az" t,,.ir
/ of any other horse on account or In
savage tempers may be safely yuN. an
! double harness with a mare, M"lp't Ri.
the other hand, viii attack elih. ,be
own or the opposite sex witnou. atl
slightest hesitation whenever the5 ..ious