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No one has ever seen a horse with his 

 ears frozen, nor his feet frozen, no matter 

 how much exposed to the bitterest cold. 

 But many of ns have had personal experi- 

 ence of frozen ears, and I have seen many 

 persons with frozen feet, involving the loss 

 of the whole foot, and this, in spite of 

 wollen stockings and warm, thick shoes, 

 and at the same time, not exposed to 

 nearly the degree of cold that the horse 

 resists without detriment. 



When we undertake to care for an ani- 

 mal, the first and most essential thing is 

 to place him as much as possible in his 

 natural environment. 



A musk-ox cannot live much below 

 the confines of the Arctic region. When 

 seals are placed in the aquarium of a 



