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. Green 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 line 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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