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mother should not be able to hear its cries. Had she 

 done so, she would have tried to force her way to its 

 rescue, and it is very doubtful whether, in that case, the 

 iron bars of the den, or even the wall of the building 

 itself, could have withstood the shock of her reckless 

 charges. When comfortably housed, the little animal 

 was found to be suffering severely from cold, and 

 means were at once devised to restore the proper tem- 

 perature. Blankets were dipped in boiling water, 

 wrung as dry as possible, and then rolled round the 

 sufferer. Over the blankets was laid a thick coat of 

 cotton wool, and before very long Mr. Bartlett had the 

 pleasure of finding the heat of the body fairly restored. 

 Nourishment was the next business. At first every 

 offer was refused, but by degrees the calf was induced to 

 suck at an ingenious apparatus of india-rubber and 

 canvas attached to the mouth of a bottle filled with warm 

 milk. It was found necessary to blind its eyes when 

 the bottle was placed to its lips, and to preserve abso- 

 lute silence, for the little creature was so sensitive that 

 it would take no nourishment so long as it could see a 

 human being or hear the sound of a human voice. Its 

 extreme shyness gave some colour to the belief that it 

 may have sucked in the night, when no one could see 

 it. The warm milk seemed to comfort the animal, and 

 it soon quieted down and slept. 



The milk, by the way, was chiefly that of the ass, 

 for, in an early stage of life, cow's milk is foimd to be 

 too rich, and to be therefore fatal. This was shown by 



