New-York tribune., 1900-07-29

dren to show their noses out OF their sleeping dens
! closely. whereupon Bessie seized her offspring bv
the ear and ran back with il 70 the den and
the "old woman who lived In a shoe when ''she
MW9llpped them al soundly and put them 70 bed
Bessie became nervous and seemed annoyed BY the
oLoHd watching her and her babies. and picking
uP one oy the back or the neck she carried It
around for more than hour proving about the
until Mr. HoTnadav N5 fb ng3oness rfqIn & 2er
up his mind that the poor little fellow was dead
dropped it, it scampered OF as lively as ever
81. 4 @ had been listening for some time 10 loud and
the sound soon led me to the sea lions nooi where
these entertaining creatures were diving swim
ming climbing or hopping about. Just as though
showing on" what they could do They we're soon
climbing up on the rocks. and how fast they went
in the
These sea lions were captured last May near
Santa Barbara. Cal They were caught 'bv means
OF lassoes IN the rocky caverns which served the
ney across the continent they travelled in crates
Grencbs5 & wiib 9n raw hsa and twice day we're
anlInaIs ann provided with lungs. not giils. they
marked difference between sea lions and seals
IN. ne sea mons nave strong fiat, front hppers with
yhaIf Thif seals have short and stb6y front ppers
20 interesting as the sea Hons.
er p-bsT b tIe @ comes ne gets behind the keep
sllClht stays IN the pool and they never vary
RON TINS Eaoit The keeper throws the raw iisn
70 each IN turn. and the on the rocks catches
the food in his mouth then straightway dives into
the pool 70 eat it, then mounts the ROCKS again
LOT ahotner supply. They well know when feedi II
tlIne approaches, and they keep on the watch FOR
me Jhe Arrival OF their dinner, giving the keeper
IousthS welcome when he comes in sight and I'M
Hedlately taking their accustomed positions
TWO KNOWING MONKEYS.
Leaving the sea lions I went to the monkey
mouse, Where there are several spider MONKEYS so
called from their long. thin legs and the Bengal
monkeys, which are sacred in the eyes OF the Hin
zoos Here also one found the Young
yuLtnssISadong and Sally-whO seem almost hU-
man IN their ways. In fact, they on the third
step below the human race the first being OCcu-
pied 0y the gorilla and the second by the chimpan-
zee Inc Malay name, Orang-Utau. means man OF
creature seldom lives beyond years captivity
while the lively chimpanzee often lives six or seven
years IN a savage state the Oraug-Outang feeds
upon Wld fruits. the young and tender shoots OF
the screw pine and the leaves of certain trees In
captivity the food consists of boiled rice tapiOCa
bananas and other fruit
Sadong and Sally are exceedingly fond of each
other, but they not sisters. for they show
tnan Sally, whose head Is quite bald. 7 watched
them for long while Once Sadong climbed up 10
the top Of the cage, where she could get a good
outlook over the park. then. after while She ran
down TO Sally IN the corner and, reaching out for
her hand. she held il for time, occasionally carry
ing Il up 70 her mouth to ubble Sdly's fingers"
a boy threw a peanut into the cage and SadOng
caught it. She sat down and broke the she'll with
Sally sitting patiently by. When the shell cracked
SadOng took OF the kernels and handed il
70 Sally. putting the other into her own mouth at
ming Some time ago she discovered a way of un-
doing the wire netting OF the cage by UntwisIing
the strands She had made an opening nearly
large enough TO crawl through when Mr. Horna-