FOOD OF VARIOUS ANIMALS AND BIRDS 
COMMON SEAL {FH0CIDM)\ SEA BEAR {OTAUIDJE). 
These animals must be fed upon fresh fish to keep 
them in good health. They are great feeders; a Phoca 
vitulina will consume at least 8 lbs. weight of fish per 
day. They must have free access to water, which need 
not, however, be sea-water or even salted. 
MOLE (talpa), 
I have kept but few of these animals. They require a 
large supply of earthworms, and a rather large place filled 
with earth in which to burrow. They are therefore not 
easily seen unless the earth is kept in a glass tank ; you 
may then see them now and again as they come against 
the glass. They soon die of hunger, and are therefore 
not often kept in confinement. 
HEDGEHOGS. 
The hedgehog is easily kept in confinement ; it feeds 
freely upon raw or cooked meat, milk, and boiled tripe, 
beetles, mealworms and other insects. Small birds or 
mammals, eggs, snakes, and lizards are not objected to. 
FLYING FOXES. 
These animals are fed on fruit, such as apples, pears, 
bananas, figs, raisins, grapes, and almost every kind of 
ripe good fruit, dates, and sometimes boiled rice. They 
require water, and must be kept very clean; let the 
bottom of the cage have plenty of dry bran on it, for they 
sometimes drop their food on the bottom of the cage. If 
this is dirty they soon become sick ; if they eat a little of 
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