A TRIP TO THE ZOO 



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Spiders, of the New 

 World, to the Rhesus, 

 Mandrils and Hamimans 

 of the Old World. 



Nothing but the roaring 

 from the lions and tigers 

 could drag away the class. 

 The smell of meat has set 

 the big cats raging, as 

 their feeding hour ap- 

 proaches. The cat family 

 is represented by some 

 thirty members from the 

 New and Old World . We 

 compare the American 

 Mountain Lion or puma 

 with the Asiatic and 

 African lions and the 

 jaguar with the leopards. 

 The general characteris- 

 tics of the fireside tabby 

 are traced in the cushion- 

 like pads on the five 

 fingers and four toes, the 

 crouching habit, the fond- 

 ness for petting and in the 

 loud miau. We have 

 found the ancestors of 

 our domestic cat, the 

 Egyptians being the first 

 to make them hearthside 

 pets. 



But of all the wonderful 

 birds seen, we have said 

 nothing, the graceful 

 dancing cranes, exquisite 

 pheasants, parrots, eagles, 

 hawks, ducks and geese; but we have taken note of these. A 

 closer comparative study is made of the American ostrich or rhea 

 and the Australian ostrich or emu with the big African one. We 



Mother's darling 

 The emu, resting 

 Getting acquainted Stanley Cranes of Africa 



