MYSTERY OF JUGGED HARE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9081, 22 February 1908, Page 2

MYSTERY OF JUGGED HARE.

A discovery made recently in the Paris catacombs is puzzling a number of scientists (says the Pans Daily Mail.) The -whole south ot Paris is honeycombed with_ catacombs, of which a small portion is used as a receptacle for the bones from old Paris cemeteries. A professor from the Natural History Museum started the other day to carry out experiments underground. He entered the catacombs beneath the Jardin des Plantes, accompanied by three laboratory assistants, an engineer, and an attendant The professor went in the direction of the Boulevard St. Michael. After a time he came upon a large pyramidshaped mound which obstructed the passage. Holding torches close to the mound the party discovered that the pyramid was composed entirely of cats’ heads, numberine many thousands. Those on the top were freshly cut. The mound had evidently been accumulating for years. . It seemed entirely inexplicable how the heads came to be in an unfrequented passage underground. While the scientists were puzzling their brains and trying to imagine the existence of a secret sect of religious fanatics, the engineer unfolded a plan of the catacombs. From this document they discovered that they were under the premises of a well-known cheap restaurant which makes a special feature of jugged hare at popular prices. Close by an air-shaft passed through the cellars of the restaurant in question.