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usual success. ‘Two litters have been born, the first with Hypatia as the 
mother, consisting of one male and three females, and the second with 
Portia as the mother, consisting of one male and two females. Unfor- 
tunately all these cubs died shortly after birth. 
“The Cape Hunting Dogs (Lycaon pictus) may now be said to be 
thoroughly acclimatized. They live all the year round in the most perfect 
health in an open-air den, and they breed regularly once a year, and appa- 
rently always at the sametime. The first litter was born on Jan. 6th, 1896 ; 
the second litter appeared on Jan. 3rd, 1897, and at the present moment 
we look forward to the arrival of a third litter. If our calculations are 
correct, this interestiug event should take place at precisely the same 
period of the year as on the other two occasions. All.the cubs of the first 
litter died. Very special precautions were taken on the occasion of the 
second birth, but out of a litter of five only one was reared. A foster-mother, 
in the form of an Irish Terrier, having become available, the temptation to 
remove some of the puppies and place them under her care proved too 
strong to be resisted. Accordingly two puppies were selected for this pur- 
pose. The following day one of the three puppies left with the mother was 
found dead in a remote part of the den. Evidently the keeper’s hand had 
touched it, and the mother had in consequence repudiated it, and thrust it 
out into the cold. This caused alarm for the safety of the remaining two, 
and it was determined to place a third with the foster-mother. One cub 
only was left with the mother, but on the next day it had totally dis- 
appeared. Evidently the mother had devoured it. Of the three puppies 
that were placed with the foster-mother, two died, one from natural causes, 
and the other from an accident. The survivor was difficult to rear, and 
required constant care on the part of the keepers. In the course of time, 
however, it gradually grew out of its early weakness, and when five months 
old it was presented by the Council to the Zoological Society of London. 
So far as we have been able to learn, this is the first Cape Hunting Dog 
which has been reared in Kurope.” During its growth several interesting 
points were noted. As early as six weeks after its birth it began to show 
its untractable disposition by snapping at anyone who touched it. When 
nearly four months old a curious coincidence occurred, which brought out 
very forcibly the innate savagery of the animal. A small terrier puppy was 
placed in the same cage, and in a short time the two little dogs became very 
good friends. Unfortunately, however, in their play the terrier scratched 
with its sharp teeth the foot of its companion, and the moment the Cape 
Hunting Puppy saw the blood it attacked its own foot with the greatest 
fury. Before the keeper could interfere it had torn off a toe and lacerated 
its foot to a very considerable extent. Fortunately the wound healed well, 
and in the course of time the animal was very little the worse of its extra- 
ordinary attack upon itself. 
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