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Show HWl , " H "iltlENDLYANJMALS. H 'ODD FRIENDSHIPS THAT DUMD LH- CREATURES CONTRACT. it1rsltil Oojtt rrqurntlfllrom tollman to-llman Onr TiU Thl I CnlnM R Mil IltnatkatiU .- B Tho particular fricmWilpi occasion H ally fennel lijr nnlmals nmong them- H selves are characlirUcl lijr tbovlrttiM B and fulling Incident to human nttacli M, Bicnll. Ws arofrcirnrntlyninlnilulof H man'a aclflshnr'a ami inconstancy In tlio V vara cf tlic Unto crwvtlon, nor I It J peculiar to animals tliat tlioy amnctltura H) enter Into alliances of n curious Mini H Natnralljr rnoagli, horses often mako Hl friends ami comrades niuonit their own H 1 race, as 1 a Jo atill of tenor, tut n closo H friendship anil understanding between H; horses ami dos la apparently moro I ro- U! qnent than any similar relationship HJ lulwccn tlio lndirl'lnals of Urn aamo H species. I'erliirn tlio tnostrennirlinlilo K attachments aro tlioso shown by nnhnali Hj thrown together liy enforced clrtnm- Hj stance anil "pnmtoil from otlicra of t their ItlnJ. Hl Horses liae n poilthoilrciilof anil Hk trnle, nucl whon this haptens toliotin H arolilabla will innVo friends ot tlio moat H unlikely crcatnrca. Tlio lioiin which n H carefully tended fnrortto rs In hit H box aro of ten relieved by tlio companion H' ship of tho stablo cat, which tlio noblo ' qtinilmpeil tpocdlly adopts as (la own, H anil to which It often liecommKcmiliioly B attacheil. Tho nbsenco of tho cat is lit B' onco remarked by tlio hone, who inanl- B feel" linpntlcnio and plainly asks for tho kVkHl rilnrntlonnf its favorite. Hj Ono of tho rnnncra In tho Derby, a HI colt named Ualcoia, hal for somo H timo before tho racn shown symptoms j of dlttreii an 1 uneasiness, amounting to H' positive melancholy, awl not nttrlbnln Hj bla to any physical camo A Runt mil j kid were procured and Judiciously In- Hj trodnced to tho ttablo, tho remit bclni; B thus dcucrllxd by nnc)owltmst "Ua- H lwpsls seemed to tako much Interest In j them until the. goat died i but tho kl 1 ro Hi malm, and tlio horso imvr astly dlrcrti B hlmtilf by lifting thn llttlo crvntnro up HH by tlio back of ll neck with ita trcth, BS putting It down In Urn manger, careful BB 'y placing It cm tho ffronnd n(t:lln after BHl awhile, nud then repealing tho oNra BB tlon 1 'llicroN an lntemtluir record of tho HBb atningo dislike entertained by n iny BS for a particular bono villi nlilth It was B brought Into dally lontaet, and tho ex- B traordinary friendship formctl by It fir B ncalf In tho ratuo ineadou. Tlioiony H and calf bemino Imteinriblo, allow H lnjrtholr mutual regard In in inydlurt- lngwayf, greatly to tho nunoyaiicnof H thocalf'a mother, who not unnaturally Hj evinced tho utmost jettousy and riscnt H tuent. Ullbert U'hlto ri Litis how n H horso and hen, Siendlng much of thtlr B, tlmo together lu n lonely orchard, nlw HJ becnuii) tho fastest of friends: "Tho 1 fowl would npprooch tho horso with notes of complacency, rubbing herself H gently against his lec, wbllo tho borsn would look down with satisfaction, and H tnoTS with tho greatest cautlou and clr- cnmspectlon lest ho should trauiplo ou hla dimluutlvo coinpatilon. HJH Oogt luvo so much larger ft than of B personal liberty than horses or initio iJ that their friendships obviously Ho moro l at their own dlsjiosal. Ilut nutwltli p. standing this fact thoy constantly miko Hp. friends of tho most "unlikely birds and for tho most Inozpllcablo reasons, Bj Ko doubt couio tempontry nlllamea nro IBf fonnod for tho uttalnmcnt of n Jiartlcu- RH Ur object, not nlna)-s of n credltablo JK kind. Attachments between inciiilxrd I 1 of tho samo raco aro of courso common, ! HB but attract tho leu notico on nccount of HRl their obvious rrahonnbleneiu. Dogs, jHu honerir, aro greatly nddlctcHl to queer Blm eompanj, mid constantly go out of their jwJKB way in quest ot It, Tho nuiiieroui IH friendships formed bctHeeu loga and JVat geese, and oven poultry In general nru BjHf quito rcmnrkublo. It Is not generally BryS recognlied tint tho guov is n bird of vx- Umt Inordinary sagacity It hiu even been UV described as of great Intellectual capaci- nH ty and this mutual rigard of fur nud JB feather mi) proceed on nil understand HB log that ovcrrldiathnillttlnctionsotraio BE '0 Ic'ca "' gooso known ns tho HK "gray lig" la especially reuiarkablo for VHH ita strong and freipient attachments to IK tho dog. Oao that wis rescued by n HB lnattlff from thu iusldloui attack of a nK fox showed a coiiHluusnessof its obllga- MhK tlonanndn desiru to return them that nrB were touching In thtlr ob lous f eclin'r. jffli jf Tho gooso entirely abandoned tho aoei- Wl 51 Jety ot Its kind, roosted in thu dog's ken- jH. if nel and followed it lu Its dally wander- H U ings over n largo furm und through tho JJK j neighboring illage, Tho dog hnpten- HIL lug to fall 111 tho guosow oull not leao JHS hlin night fr da), and would to nil op- yN ' IiearanculmMjliiiu staned had not u Ml' pan of corn been placed fur it every day W near the kennel. I! j , Thol'rtncli naturnllit Ilmuenu nlso II , relates howiiChlucsagouiomailo friends witli a dog at tint tUht, uttering threats W I of -.cugcitnco against any person or an- i innl offering to Interfere, with its fin or- ,tj' Ho, In whoso occasional nbscueo It was M IT Incousolablo Dogs nud fowls also inter ffl'j J & intoamlcnblo relations for reasons much IfI J B less op;arent tu onlookers than to them MlillflH aelvcs. Ahcn mil nretrieer be-cauio I Sllesl 'lronn'' attached that tho former lioicj laid her eggs nud hatched her thlckins HlBlnij In his ktnncl.un interesting obnor tnirjf1 remarking how, on tho licit leaving or nrfiui' entering licr iieBt, tho dog w oull inovo II flip i 'rom tho threshold to mako way, whllo flfil si ,n)r ultcl"t't l0 touch tho eggs lu tho nb Ujljjff! nncoof tho hen was met by his iimro-llmwi' iimro-llmwi' dlato dispprobatiou iHllira! Another remnrkablo frlcnlshlp grow II l! 1 ifti "' 1)'n ten a "l1""'0' nn'' " J 01,nf roc"" lllsillSI which was for somo reason porftctly us- llllSliial traclzed by his follows and not allowed 11111118! t0 fciJ "'"' ""' "'1' ll01lllry " ,l10 IHrilill farmjard llio spinlcl was constantly lllll h obserod keeping tho fowls nwuj, in or- 'II til f! JlT """ '" l"-"l'c",tHl friend might ob- jflwl a tain food, tho cockircl obviously rocog- lllll fl2 nizlngnnd reciprocating tlio good will IHIIJff khonn by Its four footed protector. It'll nil Loudon btaiulanl. |