CHAPTER VI 



THE BATS I HAVE HAD 



SYMBOLS OF DARKNESS BATS IN HIS BELFRY ANIMATED 

 AEROPLANES HOW TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION BAT HOUSE 

 BAT HOUSES ON FARMS BATS AT "WILD LANDS " A 

 DISREPUTABLE BAT TWO LITTLE BABY BATS DEATH OF 

 THE MOTHER BAT HOW WE FED THE ORPHANS TOO KIND- 

 HEARTED DOLLS' NURSING BOTTLES FOR BABY BATS 



There are many very interesting, harmless and 

 pretty creatures in this world which are looked 

 upon with disgust by the ordinary uncultured per- 

 son. Old-time witchcraft and superstition, poets 

 and artists, all have unintentionally done great in- 

 justice to some of the animals of this world and 

 given many of them a reputation which is entirely 

 undeserved. 



Because owls and bats are nocturnal animals 

 they have been used from time immemorial by 

 artists and writers as 



SYMBOLS OF DARKNESS. 



Physical darkness has also been used as the sym- 

 bol of ignorance and thus the owl and the bat are 

 often used to represent ignorance. But because of 

 an imaginary wise appearance the owl is also 



