MYSTERY OF JUGGED HARE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9069, 21 April 1908, Page 3

MYSTERY OF JUGGED HARE.

■ A discovery made recently in the Paris catacombs is puzzling a number of scientiats (says the Paris "Daily Mail.") The whol« south of Pans ia honey-combed 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 smarted the other day to carry out experiments underground. He entered the catacombs beneath the Jardine des Plante3, accompanied by three laboratory assistants, an engineer, and an attendant. The professor went . in the direction of the Boulevard St. Michel. After a time he came upon a large pyramid-shaped mound which obstructed the passage. Holding torches close to the mound the party discovered that tne pyramid was composed entirely of cats' heads, numbering 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 under ground. While the scientists were puzzling thoir brains and trying to imagine the existence of a secret sect of religious fanatics, the engineer unfolded a plan of the catacombs. From this documenc 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 bv an air-shaft passed through the cellars of the restaurant in question.