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rection. At last, after about three hours' 

 hard work, he was driven into the passage 

 leading into the big Carnivora dens and was 

 secured once more. 



One of the most interesting little stories 

 I have ever heard about a young Polar bear 

 was given me by Dr. Crandall, Superintend- 

 ent of the Buffalo Zoo. A little Polar bear 

 cub was born in the Zoo — a most rare thing 

 — and was at once discarded by the mother, 

 who refused to have anything to do with it. 

 As the thermometer happened to be nine de- 

 grees below zero, it was in a terrible plight. 

 However, about twenty minutes after its 

 birth, after the most careful watching and 

 maneouvring, Dr. Crandall, with much dif- 

 ficulty managed to get hold of it, and found 

 that it was nearly stiff with cold. He wrapped 

 it up in some wool, took it to his house, put 

 it at once into a hot water bath, and after 

 thirty minutes finally got the heart and lungs 

 to work. For three whole days and nights 

 he hardly left it, but with cotton-wool, hot 

 water bags, and a hygienic nursing feeding 



