Notes and 
a z elephant 
10S ETT RONG 
weaned 
for two 
or three 
years, so 
that it is 
not an 
unusual 
sight to 
see a cow 
suckling 
two young 
ones at a time, but two at a birth is by no 
means usual, though it could hardly be called 
rare. It is curious, considering elephants 
are comparatively speaking common animals, 
that so much mystery and uncertainty should 
exist concerning certain of their habits—those 
of wild ones, at all events. 
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A PAIR OF TWINS. 
Towarps the middle and end of Septem- 
ber cub-hunting begins. By 
this time the cubs are about 
five months old. Born in 
early April they stay in their nursery until 
June, and are well looked after by their 
mother, who, as soon as they are old 
enough, moves them to a wood or corn field. 
A vixen does not pillage near her home if 
she has cubs, but goes some distance away, 
in order to ayoid unpleasant results should 
a search for the culprit take 
place in the neighbourhood of 
the robbery. The truth of 
the following story is vouched 
for by a keeper:—A vixen 
made her nest under a stack 
of wood on a farm; during 
the whole time she was there 
nothing was missed from the 
poultry. One day a trap was 
set for cats, and during the 
night a fox cub was caught 
in it. Directly the vixen dis- 
covered her loss and the cause 
of it, she took her remaining 
cubs to a field of corn some 
miles away, and the next night 
returned to the farm and killed 
Foxes and 
their Families. 
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Photograph by F. 
Comments 113 
five of the fowls, whether from motives of 
revenge or for some other reason, who shall 
say ? 
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THE following story from Trieste is strongly 
suggestive of something more 
A Shark 
story. than instinct. We quote it 
without further comment 
from the telegram of a news agency, 
and leave our readers to draw their own 
deductions. 
“While a party of children were fishing 
from a boat off Parengo two huge sharks 
approached the boat. One of the pair 
made a fierce attack on the rope by which 
the boat was anchored, and, seizing it in its 
mouth, pulled the boat to and fro, evidently 
trying to upset it, while the other swam 
round and round the boat and its terrified 
occupants. One boy, more brave than the 
rest, had the presence of mind to cut the 
rope and, seizing the oars, rowed for dear life 
to the shore, the sharks followimg until the 
water became too shallow for them, when 
they turned back and swam to and fro some 
distance off. An alarm was raised by the 
children as soon as they reached the land, 
and boats with men carrying improvised 
harpoons, spears and hatchets put off in 
pursuit of the sharks. The creatures waited 
on the surface until the boats were close 
upon them, when they sank.” 
a 
T. Smith. 
ON THE LOOK OUT, 
