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peared to go on very well for some short time ; but 

 in about a week or ten days, I think, one of them was 

 found one morning to be suffering apparently from cramp, 

 for'it could not stand on its legs, though it fed very well ; 

 but though every attention was paid to it, it never recov- 

 ered its powers. . . . The other continued strong and 

 healthy, and grew very rapidly in size, and I trusted we 

 might have succeeded in finally rearing that one ; but at 

 last, a short time before its companion's death, it also be- 

 came ill, and survived its fellow but very little. I had 

 them both preserved, and all three now form portions of 

 my Museum. The same attempt will be continued with 

 the same pair next season, and a second pair are already 

 separated after the same plan, when I trust, with one or the 

 other, we may be more fortunate than we have yet been, 

 especially if the next season should be more favourable 

 than the two last have been." 



Ultimately one bird when arrived nearly at maturity 

 soared to a considerable height from the paddock, but in 

 descending snapped its legs in a hurdle and died in conse- 

 quence ; so serious and unexpected are the risks and 

 accidents to which animal life is subject in confinement. 



Note. — A further paper dealing with some of the more interesting animals 

 kept at Knowsley will he laid before the Society later in the Session, 

 and printed in due course. 



