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of deeds too cold breath give.” One of its devices when worsted is to feign 
death as we have found some insects and the opossum also to do. This bat has 
been known to follow the captor of its young just as the mother-bird will do, 
or as a cat will follow in the hope of rescuing its kittens. 
The Long-eared Bat ( Pleocotus macrotis) is asinine in its provision of ears, 
which in length, breadth and uprightness are wonderful to behold, and possibly, 
as in the case of Little Red Riding Hood’s tormentor, enable it “to hear the 
better, my dear.” It is not uncommon in the south or southwest and is likewise 
found among the other remarkable products of the Pacific slope. 
The Collar Bat ( Chiromeles torquatus) has, irrespective of sex, pouches for 
carrying the young, so that evidently, under its form of civilization, both male 
and female take charge of 
the nursery. 
The Hare-bat ( Noctilio 
leporinus ) is notable, be¬ 
cause in eating it stuffs its 
cheek-pouches until these 
can hold no more, then 
swallows their contents, re¬ 
jects and again swallows 
them before digestion be¬ 
gins. An old gentleman, 
disabled by the gout, was 
listening to his little girl 
read, and when she nar¬ 
rated the possession of four 
stomachs by the camel, he 
could contain himself no 
longer, but full of the bliss 
of unlimited eating, ex¬ 
claimed : “My dear, what 
a wonderful dispensation of 
Providence ! ” Had he but 
heard of the double-gor¬ 
mandizing hare-bat , how much greater might have been his envy. The 
SOUTH AMERICAN VAMPIRE ( V. SpcdriWl). 
hare-bat climbs backward, thus reproducing the terrestrial locomotion of the 
crab, and, finally, he is like the fish-hawk, an angler darting upon the succu¬ 
lent shrimp. 
The American Rose-leafed Bat ( Macrotus waterhousii ) flourishes in Cali¬ 
fornia, Mexico and the West Indies. It is a singular looking creature, whose 
thick nose protrudes from a space which resembles an inverted V. 
The South American Vampire ( Vampyrus spectrum) has, after many days, 
had his character vindicated, for science, although admitting that he loves blood, 
has ascertained that he confines his attentions to animals not human, and even 
then any injury proceeds not from the loss of a little blood but from the inflam¬ 
mation of the bitten part. It is admitted that in some cases this much traduced 
creature will fasten itself to the exposed toe of a restless sleeper, and will draw 
blood, but the damage done will not be great. 
The Kalong (. Pteropus edulis) is a black bat found in Borneo and Java, 
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