WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



potatoes, and refuse all other food. They probably die 

 when taken on board ship if there is not a supply of this 

 kind of food. 



As soon as the stock is consumed they require to be 

 gradually weaned, and a little mixed food changed at 

 intervals to entice them to eat. During the change much 

 depends upon the skill and judgment of the person in 

 charge ; care and watchfulness as to the altered condition 

 must be strictly attended to, or the animal will be lost. 



GIRAFFE. 



The food of the giraffe in captivity must be as dry as 

 possible, such as good old English clover-hay, crushed 

 oats, beans, bran, crushed Indian corn, chaff with straw ; 

 roots, such as mangold, carrots, and particularly onions, 

 are good for them, and in summer a little green tares. 



SHEEP AND GOATS. 



Wild sheep require much care in this climate, especially 

 in this locality ; those sheep from the mountains of Asia 

 on the dry and hot or dry and cold countries must be 

 carefully fed at all times. They are very liable to get 

 out of order soon after arrival here. Qreen or moist food 

 must be used very sparingly ; they are in the habit of 

 becoming relaxed, and this condition in many of the 

 animals proves fatal ; therefore the drier the food the 

 better, such as good clover or meadow hay, oat-straw, 

 crushed oats, beans, carrots, mangold, tares ; a little grass 

 now and then would be of service. 



A fine young male (Ovis vignie ?) that arrived from the 

 Punjaub was nearly lost as it took to purging, and eat 

 but little for several days. Finding this, I gave it a quart 

 of the best millet seed each day, viz. a pint in the morning 



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