ZOO NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2007, 14 March 1914, Page 6

ZOO NOTES.

. A PREDICTION VERIFIED PRAISE FROM AUCKLAND. THE LITTLE MONKEY'S BRAIN (Bji John Crewea, President of the Wellington Zoological Sociaty.) It is gratifying to know thai my Zoo notes give pfcastrrc ts many, of the readers" of The Dominion,, and excite them to promote tho objects of tho society, whose president I have the Jmnovir of being. A studious Seetdimflii, interested in s£icHec, philosophy, and education, felt that a night was vary cold; and tho fiTst effect of his feeling was & reminder of roy Z«> notes, Ho didn't think about, ■o.ttJoring additional fuel for tho fireplace, or Bankets to- maintain tlio 'temperature of tho bed; his first, thought was to resolve to cangratula-t© wo on the- proved accuracy of my Zaa ltqt.es. "Aye," said he. "the early winter foretold 'in Xoo JMteS is hero already. Mr. Orowcs's indicator is reliable."'. in tho street I meet a prominent member of the Legislative Council, a gentleman who measures his words, and does not speak too ■many of them. His- cowiteitanee, generally .rather ecr.ie.asly jnolined, lights •up with a glowing ■ smilo as; ho ap-prea-elies jne, a.tid ho says: "Well, Sir, ■Crewcs, I must say that. 1 do enjoy year. Zeo- notes; that dim about tho Zoo orchestra was. really .bcauiilul, but I.*pMfcss.tiat. until I .read what you mii about having . written •-. poetry I didn't''know that yon wore;a poet," Now,, I- cs«ild open- a. discussion' on the .pss-tioii. whether a man who ciiee -wrote a, pl'eco of poetry.. thereby ■ earked the right' to be. wgardedas apoet; I.do not jwpfess to be & poet. 1.. simply claim ..'that once. I wrote n piece of J>ootry, . However,.-I- will not start a w'SQUssionj my notas aro .written to tipc'nd knowledge, not to eseitc ■ccwtitreverey. A soJwolmaster was riding/ in a- train up near Auckland when ho overhead <i conversation between two gentlctiien. Gno said: "t aii! go-' ing down to AVelliiißton to spend a fe\V d»ys." jl To Wellington %'* said tlw otliej; "then h& sure when you are in Wellington to go and see the- Zoe>. It is well worth seeing, 1 assure you." , I must make a mental noto of that, thought tho schsolniastci? to 'himself. *'Thero is a good note far Mr. Ciwes." s'hat is what 1 like—the- Auckland citizen praising n,p "Weilitigton.; and when praising tiro- Capital, Cit y, gmng to. tho Zoo t-fe first place- ift-his cwlogUtm, and tho WojJhtgton sdlioolmastef passing the praise oa to bo published , in. 'hit DojiiKio?;. Let Auckland, praise Wellington, and AVelßiigsfcon -pfaiso AucWand. Let all the cities of New ?ieaiand praise each other, and all unite, in hearty cooperation to esalt ■our iDoftiinion, Beavefs and Eagles, Wo have long been wanting beavei , ?. The Eentlomtttt who some time ago intiniated that he was bringing beavers and -eagles passed t-Kfaußk Auckland, recently, and' went on to Aiist-raHa, Mr. Laugrid.Ro, the cnratcir of the 'Zoo,.feds siiioo iofaxinc'd. Sir. Castle and myself that the geHtlein-ah referred to had three beavers for which ho_ wanted £6&; biit, as from the communication ..he sent, wo inferied that one of the hearer's- had : lost one «f its fare limbs, and that all. the Tittle aiii-mais worn mutilated, w-e felt tlttt under tko circunista.nces we should net a-H-a-use to .ijurejia&e, t)m ; bdavers. With the';officr *f> the buwj^r? , ,' there was, however, .also'an offer, of 'a'., pail? o-f eagles which, on. certain. co.ndi- : tiojis, ffl,v society Was- ready: t-o pilr-.l oiiflso. Tlw City Coiuicil' has agreedto etfr conditions and wo expect to- get tho Amer-icmi eagles. Was it a Protruding Brain? - ' I am 'pleased that m$ #oo ijotes af-e; qajekenin-g observation, exciting in* qiriry .flud producing caution. Students ' don't now '.rush to tho newspapers to publish impressioiis hastily received* Mo. person in these days tells as ft-at a inonkoy is- a -q.uadru.ped; or that. when a mofticoy searches his neighbour's -skin lib does it in t)» hope of catc'hirig fleiis i or that a scp.-Ko.n is a great fish , tl«tt.i couldn't lh'o out of vs'ater, or that wpukin't come out- af the Water if ho felt uncomfortable at ftp temperaiurV 6f it, Jt-osii pefljDle now loo.k twice oi: more and incHjir-Q befarb they publtsh, As an iitu : s'ka.tion of the Impfirtanfe of such 'caution I gH% the- {'allowing .r-frtlier irtterestiiig ease;-*A few days 'ago a gentlewan wlso lias scientifically stiitjied Natitro reported to mo iho.b ' hfr had seen whai \va.s Klso ft jiar-t of a brain pttrtritdiii-g from the head of, a j'ennft monkey in tho Nowtown"What!" I exclaimed. ''I v-titched t\w mother of that moiiksy and carefiillf observed kef baby less than an jiour sefi, but I saw nothing abnormal oh tiie- Iwad of the young one." "Bafejiou know that tho mother' wits- ■injttred ":b-e----fore she was the njy friend v "Yes, , ' 1 flttsweredj.'.' "but her injuries wre all li.ea.lod before tho baby was bonu" "Aye," .said the friend, "but perhaps the. jtfung ono was injured bofero ii was bor-ii,' Be that as it mas," lie' said, "there , . is something very bad fti tho state .of its head now." W-e tarried -doivn to csanjr in.o tho young nicmkey, Its mother jfeld it oJose to the front of its e&ge. >l t eaa-n-ot see any Itra.in protrß-ding, , ' I said. ,! The little fnonkey is at ease and soejnsjiap-py." "Yes," said -my friend, "I evidently made a- mistake, if -nuist tares been some banaAU pulp ei , soin'e> thii-iK Rko that thai t saw, a ; hd I presmbio Htat tho mother Iras- eatejt it of s but I felt sufe that there was some ■strange growth of ■pfetrusioti on' fte head -when I noticed' it a few ium.tttes affo-' , ' , . . . •■■■'■' .. ..-

Paying To Cq In. The City Council;Wfenced hi the ago, and ttuujts aj-o lioiv cj)ar*d<i th'rce■jßo.Uceeaeh to enter tjib G.gr*mi, ■■. For .children, Tip" U IS yews : of: ago, admission ■is free... ihk&fa haws been asking ffiheiborv the'charge, for JKtoiisswn to.the-Zoo is liteJjMo effect : tjj& poljcjvofinjr society. ' jo. thai, W© answer that the society' .will couiiimo its- eftorts to improve tlio Zoii ' end iriereaseitS'ttScfiiliiob: ;. sbaH'tniSt WieCityCdancil 'tu spend, in' iniprb.viiie tJw Zeis any mtniej'e weeived fftiu' tjie 400, aiid fllfchougt). we disapprove of flio olfhrgfflg we sJmH keep on ' trti«f to nwroaso the utility of the jwemfshiE s'OiiMK iioofoßtcnt.i n .stif.wt:i,o.i.i, wliirfi i$ a embi to WoJfingten City and a. rnfu* alilo emtestional asset to tin; Domhtion. ■My Sfirticty proves its professions by its Mnti'i!)\itio.us.', AYo iinve recently "presented to the pity Wo lafgij monkeys, two mate boMiet nioliiltnvs, and two fcnialo liom.wii monlc-eys. JSch of the female boiiiiet monfcffys" hns jjivon birth to a young one since -we' witehasioil thorn, and the ym»i* ones., which are kcaltliy ami in Srikmlij ooiicJitioii .we very ftttrsctlve ediftits. Jl.v society h«s lust received ai.i iirttiiiiitiaii tiiat H gentteman is tlwoupli tho 1 society, a boaivtiful, yoiine, puavfermi piKligffie A.ngm-a Imdt, niid' Mr. Cast!'' Mvfl. just W the ptoiMiir© of sianmp a cTiequo for ttio phrchaso of ,1 pair of eagles.

In 1533 thwe *oro n-ea-rfy 2009 lwM)iii. not inacliincs in Flamlers and praftto prodiiein* clcreft million yorfe per <i«JHHIU Edilca?ipn is $o gsnefal Sfi De.w*wvfc an:} Sweden tliat tlify a?p the only Euwjioftn countries in ffliicJi nil tlifr, military amscripts rain rratVaiul write. Sinoolh-facnl-RiiKsia-ns ni'o very uftenw-' irtoii. Spariy every jium wears n %i?s>r(l. At ship time if was Hie general felii»f in Kassia fihat a 'beardless ma'U *a> se«I» lass.