90 Animal Life 
A TAME MARTEN 
Amonast the Weasel tribe are to be found 
some of the most graceful of 
Re created things, and perhaps most 
eraceful amongst them are the 
Martens. Only those who have been able 
to watch this agile murderer in his native 
haunts, actually running down the nimble 
squirrel in his native branches or catching 
with agile bound the bird in flight, can 
form an idea of the poetry of motion 
exhibited. But this does not add to the 
eligibility of the animal as a subject 
for the photographer; and after 
eiving up as a bad job the two 
white - throated Beech Martens, 
which leapt like wildfire from 
branch to branch of their roomy 
cage, our photographer was more 
fortunate with his picture of 
“Wick,” Mr. EH. C. Brooke’s tame 
Pine Marten, which was kept still 
for at least three consecutive 
seconds by means of a saucer of 
milk. The martens are easily 
tamed if taken young, and exhibit 
ereat fondness for the company of 
dogs. The pleasant musky odour 
they exhale also renders them: more 
suitable pets than many other 
members of the weasel tribe. 
They are also not so strictly 
carnivorous in their habits, but are 
very fond of cherries, grapes, straw- 
berries and other sweet fruits. In 
South Germany the beech martens 
approach nearer to the haunts of 
men than does the “ Edelmarder,” 
often even making their nests im 
the roof of a farmhouse, busy in 
the vineyards and cherry orchards. 
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“Tats photograph,’ writes Mr. 
Herbert Lazenby, “ of 
a pair of young 
Fallow-Deer may be 
of interest to the readers of 
ANIMAL ire. These graceful 
but timid animals have been 
reared by a well-known game- 
dealer in York, and considerable 
interest has occasionally been 
caused by seeing the deer bemg led by 
their young keeper through the streets of 
the old city. The photograph was taken 
in the cathedral grounds whilst the deer 
were having a morning outing.” 
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Mr. G. H. Parsons, whose two photographs 
The Somerford #€ reproduced on page 91, 
Park White writes as follows: “The 
Polled Herd. comerford Park Herd is a 
domesticated herd and a polled one; but 
Fallow=Deer 
as pets. 
TWO TAME FALLOW-DEER FAWNS. 
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