The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-05
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Ia death before he can get to shelter
or get up his tent and start a nre.
Thrilling tales 81 suffering from these
causes arc told an over Alaska. !
will write up some OF them some time.
Tor ! know 81 many incidents Of that
kind. Dogs are a. watchful as cats
against getting their feet wet. and if
They do. they jump out Of u AZ quick
~ as they cRn aud squat Town at
0ncc and try "a lick their paws dry
ID IL interesting ais to watch dogs
when the sno is soft and the snow
and Ice "ba lls" between their toes.
as Il does IN the hoofs u horses IN
side the shoe. The dogs will squat
down aud bite the ice "a from be-
tween their toes, and positively will
rot so or be satisfied. until the mush-
erman comes Onward and takes the
paw and rcmovcs the Zee with his init
tens or ringers u IL Is not TOO cold. The
weather IN Alaska Is sometimes So
cold, that to remove your haad for
even one second from YOU double or
triple m.ttens to put to your face To
remove the Ice from your eyes and
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bitten. Most mushers relieve their
eyes. mouth. nostrils and face with
the mit,en without renewing tho hand
from its cover
The Manati or SEA Cow.
Well named ~ the sea COW. u you
would know this. FOR while Ia shape
II II most like a very nat logy seal. in
habits and action Il - surely a "Bossy
OF the sen. There are said 90 be three
varieties Of u. hot to my mind there
Is really only one. the size causing
some %naturalistH to make the triple
division. One variety. IL Is said. has
its habitat on the west coast of Africa.
another on the east coast Of South
America, and all through the West
Indian islands. and the last and phys
! icaily smallest variety inhabitinE the
coasts 81 Florida.
when FUN grown the West Indian
variety Is an enormous animal. u
measures about ~ TO - feet In length.
is about -four feet wide in the mid
die and about two and a half feet
thick through the body. u inhao bits
the saltwater sioughs. shallow DAYS
and inlets along the tropical coasts.
usually In waterH nat are grown with
marine plants on which 1t feeds. II
has a Hat tail like a beaver or a round
pointed shovel. and caterpillar. Itself
forward IN the water u has clippers
on crude feet or fins In front right
next It's round head. II has no d0rsp
I'm. and no hind fin or feet, Il Is so
slow. heavy and defenseloss, that Il is
a wonder o II ever survived, living
In waters mia bited by sharks u is
supposed that u always remains In
shallow water among plants and weeds
whore the sharks will not often 60.
and that in this way II has been pre-
served. John A. Wilson. secretary OF
the Interior Of Porto Rico. caught a
young one about ten feet long, and
kept Il In a pond running in from the
bay ~ his fruit ranch. u got 40 lame
that ne could call II when he came u
the pond. and It would eome To tbs
shore and eat banana leaves out Of his
hand. just like 81 heifgr. He kept
lot Of his fodder In the pond for II
10 eat, but mornlng ne came
along and found the nnimai has
drowned. Il went down In the water
after some banana leaves that had
sunk. and In doing so got beneath
tangle Of manElare cot or vines ihaI
kept Il under water until Il died. They
have TO come To the surface Of thu
water 90 breathe every fow minutes
and cannot live very Ions withou
doing = q. But they are ~ sly an'
silent. that one may be a few fee
from you. and still you do not know
"a. for they can come TO the surtae'
exposing only their n0strils, wiihou
making any more disturbance Of IN
water than a hy lighting on u. Usual
~, however, when they are act dis
tuTbed. thoy noat around aud feed Ol
the weeds and grass and leaves an
plants carrie down Ga the mouths O
rivers, and Their round heads oppea
like a lot Of floating caps IN the sur
face.
i ! saw dozens Of them once In an In
,et on the north shore ~ Porto RicI
inside a Ions reef where the shark