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Show I W0IFI1 Moufflon Has Large Horna to be Used j, Air OufibionB HeOanSee j,, the Wind. ODS GUEST OF KEEPEE HOLMES Wind Appears Eed to His Gentle ' tyo-Several Theories of Mr. . ' LS Holmes. I in - -as 12 Dt OTntral prk m" "wlrel men ct considerable Intel- and many f thom told valnaW0 iteiningtheones regarding the Sunder their charge. It is not for&n outsider to learn what these :yriMare but they come out gradual-', gradual-', Z better gcquaintance. They are jfly the result of long experience Itod upon by a bold imagination. jeeuer Holmes, who has looked after ,r and camels for about twenty-six propounds some of the most val-ble'of val-ble'of these theories. Tier are in the deer house a male and female Sardinian moufflon. By the iy tho keepers do not speak of a male a'feraalo gnimal, but of a lady or a ntleman animal. For instance, they IT. , "That's ft lady hippopotamus," or hat's a gentleman hippopotamus." One Friday the lady moufflon present-her present-her gentleman with a new small n- onfflonofthemalesex. ' for xhe baby moufflon was seen by the coi. goon after his appearance in this arid. He is well cared for by bis mother. 5"' e is very small and very plump. His Hi' otlier " m extreincty affectionate ani-j ani-j jj jmj puts a warm, damp nose against a clmnd of anybody who puts it within 3 nana ui "j v . tuvwu rcage. i He moufflon is the subject of one of eeper Holmes' theories. The animal is rionsly called the Sardinian or the jrsicaii moufflon, or the muffle, and 1 ientifioally the ovis inusimon. It is a ' p, and one of the many varieties of ild sheep. HOW THE ANIMAL APPEARS. ire The specimens in Central park stand a ttle more than two feet high and are on ry gracefully formed. They have not ie goatlike tuft under the chin posit pos-it .ed by wme wild sheep, nij The moufflon is found in the moun ins of Sardinia, Corsica, Southern of jain, European Turkey and in various us editerranean islands. It closely resem- es the Rocky mountain wild sheep, but prettier. The moufflon has wool and hair like w other sheep. The wool comes next i the skin and the hair outside thewooL s everybody should know the great fence between wild and domesti- ited sheep is that the former have more I air and less wool, and the latter less s air and more wool. The wool is de'vel- ped and the hair decreases after doines-I doines-I cation. Toe monition's wool is of a yellowish rhite and his hair of a light chestnut iIot. It is gray on the muzzle, the ab-omen ab-omen and the inner side of the thighs, . nd white on the under side of the tail, he hair grows" thinner, in summerT'' " The moufflon has a very bumpy fore-itidjust fore-itidjust over the eyes. Its head is ng and intelligent looking. Its muzzle s compressed. The gentleman moufflon has immense, wUow horns. They are triangular, 'bey bend backward in a semicircle, md take another small twist before they M! to points. The bases of the horns ijoupy almost the entire forehead above as bumpy part mentioned. There is something very interesting onnected with these horns. The moufflon s one of the most difficult animals to hoot or catch. He is very timid, very rift, and can take refuge in places in-locensible in-locensible to man. His horns serve him or defense very seldom, however, and TOtipally as a means of escape. TRUSTS TO HIS HORNS. The moufflon can see the wind or the Mat of a man coming in what way rill be explained later. It is his custom to stand on the edge of a precipice and wtca the approaching wind or foe. when he thinks it time to get out of the ''ay he takes a dive, apparently to his inevitable destruction. As a matter of inct, he alights on his immense horns, - - -uguwj I LA "in .1UU1CUCK UIHUD) I ff!lich causes him to bounce off the ground ' few feet into the air. Then he alights comfortably on his feet. Ono veracious sportsman relates that "d got within easy shooting distance "f a moufflon when the animal took bis customary dive. Great was the sports-to&a sports-to&a s surprise when, after a few mia-utes, mia-utes, he saw the moufflon reappear on toe spot whence he had dived. In his fear the moufflon had taken such hard dive that he bounded back to ex-the ex-the place which he had left. Then e sportsman shot him easily, of course. Am moufflon has a remarkably fine and wgeblueeye. It is with this that Keeper aolmes' theory is connected. The eyes are situated at the side of the head, and, not unnaturally, are very e apart. The animal can look in trout, to the side and behind without "Mng his head. Of this there is no Possible doubt whatever. ' Keeper Holmes says that the moufflon see the wind, which has a rod color 10 ?Im and varies in redness according its velocity. The fact that he is afraid .anything red goes to prove this. All unals, sayg Mr. Holmes, which can see :ne d are timid, and so should we be we could do so. Can it be that this eory would account for the mental wstress of gentlemen who see things "Men others cannot? The moufflon, ac-rg ac-rg to Mr. Holmes, can see other fcghts and smell other smells of which e are entirely unconscious. should be said that hp is borne out more or less in his theory,by scientists. o,fti0hn Ltlbbock has recently found , toat his ants are conscious of several m unknown to men. The same thing to ,ot many otner animals in regard aaeus.New York Evening Sun. |