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cart or wagon: in this case he walks straight up to them, looks fixedly at 
them, and if they show signs of restiveness he slightly raises his wings, 
stretches his head and neck as high us he can, and screams his loudest; if 
this does not suffice he inflicts a series of hearty blows with his beak. 
Recently there was a horse and cart standing in the yard; the crane 
immediately went to his post; the horse began to get restive and would not 
obey, and the bird administered such severe punishment as to make the 
horse’s nose bleed. A short time after the same horse was again standing 
harnessed to a cart in the yard, when the crane immediately walked up to 
him as before: no sooner, however, did he, make his appearance than the 
horse recognized him directly, and turned his head on one side to shelter 
his nose, whereupon the bird made him a profusion of bows, danced round 
him, and did everything in his power to testify his affection, just as though 
he desired to make up for his past severity. With the sole exception of his 
bovine friend, the crane had never before been known to favour any living 
creature in such a manner; for he is much too proud to associate with the 
mobocracy !’”—P. 139. 
And here I take leave of these amusing pages, wishing them 
every success. 
EpwarD NEWMAN. 
Men and Beasts. By Evwin Brrcuatt, Esq. 
I HOPED that some one better qualified than I am would have 
commented on the terrible list of casualties from wild beasts and 
snakes in India, published in the ‘ Zoologist’ for January (S. 8. 2908) ; 
but perhaps I may venture to say that, although the statement is 
_ extracted fromthe ‘ Calcutta Government Gazette, I have found it 
’ difficult to believe that wild beasts and snakes destroyed 38,218 
human beings in British India during the years 1867, 1868 and 
1869. Surely if this terrific slaughter—compared with which the 
bloodshed at Gravelotte or Sedan sinks into insignificance—had 
really taken place, some of the harrowing details would have found 
their way into the newspapers, which are generally willing to find 
space for anything unusually horrible. Is it possible that ihe deaths 
include cattle as well as men and women ? 
It would be interesting to know what species of animals com- 
mitted these fearful ravages, and what were the ae respectively 
made by tiger, bear, leopard or hyena. 
1 am strengthened in my unbelief by the absence (so far as 
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