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rotten wood. Seeing this moving slightly, as 
if something were breathing under it, I carefully 
removed the rotten wood and found four red 
squirrels, almost fully grown, each one curled 
up by himself and all fast asleep, although it 
was nearly noon. On being disturbed they at 
once ran up nearby trees. These squirrels must 
have been born very early, and it looked as if 
the mother had covered them, although I did 
not see her. Manly Hardy. 
Young Bear and Young Wolves. 
By far the most interesting animals now on 
exhibition at the Denver Zoological Park, 
which formerly was known as the City Park 
Zoo, are the young wolves and the black bear 
that were born this spring, says the Denver Re¬ 
publican. 
Teddy was two months old April 2, still he 
will not make his appearance before the pub¬ 
lic until about the middle of the month; that is, 
provided he follows the schedule laid out by 
naturalists who have studied young bears in 
captivity. 
He opened his eyes almost on the very 
minute that he was expected to forty days after 
birth, and Director J. Alden Loring says that 
he is due to make his bow to the public a month 
later, which would bring it about the 12th or 
13th of this month. 
Since April first his mother has been giving 
him daily airings and as time progresses she 
takes him out oftener, much to the amusement 
and delight of the spectators. She is not a bit 
particular how she handles him, yet awkward 
and rough though she may seem, there is a 
tenderness and affection about her movements 
and actions that at once impress one. 
If he happens to be in the right position 
when she wants to pick him up, she seizes him 
by the loose skin about the nape of the neck 
and carries him around. But she is just as apt 
to grab him by the other end and swing him 
about head down and legs sprawled out, while 
she strolls about the cage casting furtive glances 
at the bears and wolves that crowd about the 
outside as soon as they see her with the cub. 
When they get too vociferous she carries Master 
Teddy back to his sleeping apartment. 
Sometimes she puts him down, and in order 
to protect him and to prevent him from strol¬ 
ling, she places her paw about him much as a 
mother would hold a child, for he is yet quite 
helpless, and at best is only able to stand up 
and waddle a few steps on unsteady bare feet. 
Often she will put one huge paw close to her 
chest, place the cub on it and hold him against 
her while she hobbles about on three legs. 
While it was at first reported that there were 
three cubs born, there is no proof to substanti¬ 
ate this, and the director says that he thinks 
there was only one, for if the mother had killed 
and eaten two, she would have killed the other 
one also. 
The seven young black wolves whose den is 
in the ground in the southeast corner of the 
main bear and wolf den, are just one month 
younger to the day, yet they have been running 
about for a week and they are half again as 
large as the young bear. 
The whole band of wolves seems to take al¬ 
most as much parental interest in the pups as 
4 o their mother and father. Yesterday one- of 
them crawled through the bars and was captured 
and replaced, whereupon every wolf came up 
to him, looked him over and smelled of him as 
though to see if he was hurt. 
In the park ten black bears, two large griz¬ 
zlies and twelve wolves are kept together in a 
large cage. It is interesting to watch the wolves 
keep the bears away from the end of the den 
where the young wolves live. Ihey seem to 
be always on the watch, and when a bear 
wanders too far south the whole pack of wolves 
hustle him back in quick time. There is one 
2-year-old black bear that seems to be a privi¬ 
leged character, however. Possibly the wolves 
know his disposition and are not afraid to let 
him mingle with them, for he may frequently 
be seen coiled up in a depression in the ground, 
snoozing away while the wolves, big and little, 
play about him. 
A Letter from Audubon. 
The library of Union College, Schenectady, 
New York, has owned for many years a copy 
of Audubon’s great work, the “Birds of 
America,” but for a long time the value and in¬ 
terest of these volumes seems to have been 
overlooked, and they lay dust-covered and 
neglected in a portion of the library accessible 
NEW-BORN BEAR CUB. 
to every one. Now, however, their value seems 
to be appreciated, and they are cared for. Quite 
recently Miss Maria Audubon, a granddaughter 
of the naturalist, and the author of that most 
interesting work, “Audubon and His Journals,” 
presented to the Historical Society of Schenec¬ 
tady, a letter from her grandfather, written in 
Schenectady in the year 1844, at which time Dr. 
Eliphalet Nott, President of Union College, sub¬ 
scribed for a copy of the “Birds of America” 
and of the “Quadrupeds of America.” 
This letter is addressed to V. G. Audubon, 
Esq., 77 William street, New York, and is post¬ 
marked Schenectady, July 16, 1844. 
It was Audubon’s custom, during his absences 
from his family, to write a general letter ad¬ 
dressed to all of them, giving them the news of 
his travels, and this letter was one of that sort. 
At the time this was written the Audubon 
family had been domiciled for some years at his 
residence on the banks of the Hudson, in what 
is now called Audubon Park, in the house which 
is still standing under the Riverside drive close 
to 155th street. The letter possesses especial 
interest not only for residents of Schenectady, 
but also because it gives some details about the 
Union College copy, which are very interesting. 
“Schenectady, July 16 (Tuesday), 1844. 
“My Dearest Friends: 
“I reached this pretty village on Sunday last 
at 9 of the morning, unaware that it was Sun¬ 
day. My time was dull enough, as I rambled 
along the Banks of the shallow Mohawk River, 
and did not call on Professor Jackson until 3 
o’clock of that afternoon. I was extremely 
kindly treated by that excellent man, and his 
good wife, too, and supped at their House (one 
wing of Union College) and walked with him 
through his Superb Garden and Grounds. 
Yesterday morning I went to breakfast there; 
after'which he took me in his carriage to call 
on different Individuals, as he thought without 
much prospect of success. We first called on 
Doer. Nott, L.L. D., President of Union 
College; who subscribed at once for one copy 
of the quadrupeds, and we procured a second 
name in the Town. The day before I left Troy 
Doer. Wright took me to Lansingburgh (the 
village of John Backman) and there we procured 
the subscription of a Brother Phisician of his 
acquaintance. Thus we have to add. 
“1—F. B. Leonard, M.D., Lansingburgh 
(Troy). 
“2—pliph’t Nott, Union College, Schenec 
tady. 
“3—D. L. Campbell, Union College, Schenec 
tady. 
“I have therefore procured 8 names since I 
left you in one week’s time. Last evening Doer 
Nott called upon me at Professor Jackson's 
and talked about the large work, and finally 
told me that he would purchase it, provided I 
would agree to wait for one-half the price of it 
for 6 months; to which I agreed. He will 
therefore pay 500$ down on delivery, as well as 
for a sett of the quadrupeds, and in 6 months 
more will pay 500$. I wish you to have, the 
copy in the Library packed, cleaned, and re¬ 
touched at the woodpeckers and Robbins, &c. 
and put in the 5 volumes of the biographies, 
a synopsis, and 2 Port Folios each containing 
one sett of the quadrupeds for both the College 
and Mr. Campbell, whose Bill put also in the 
Box, and have the Box forwarded by Harden’s 
express addressed, Union College, Schenectady, 
N. Y., and let them know the value of the con¬ 
tents. Do this as soon as you can, and I hope 
that you will be able to send the Seventh No. 
along. 
“I have some hopes of procuring 2 more 
names here, on my return. I leave this for 
Utica at 9 this morning, and expect to find a 
letter for me from you in the Post Office there, 
as I wrote to you to write to me at that place 
in answer to my letter from Troy. 
“Hoping that you are all quite well and with 
love ta all, and remembrances to friends 
Hall & others, I say God Bless You All. 
“Your friend, 
“Tohn J. Audubon 
“Write to me addressed Geneva.” 
Accross the face of the first page is written: 
“Forward the copy for Doer. Leonard to our 
agents at Troy; as well as all the following num¬ 
bers for the subscribers here.” 
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