Show ji stutz OF or ANIMALS we lve are I 1 all accustomed to see a large lare part of adur io summer in great PC activity and in iti winter returning to an alpar antly inanimate state we neall mean the plants but in the case ct anu ani nals nials their thero is however io wever a smail number of anim als which besl besides yes les tiie the daily rest that they have ha ve irr c ani du i ring go 0 months inthe year in an apparently state at zt last least in utter inactivity except fi L k d leh ieh geba geb 6 addy ariy iab to haf bat a arthe so the subject to this pi dormant state belon lelon to the class clasi of animals they are alid found not only in id hutan butan very voy warrn ones for in tho jerboa la in arabia aud abd tha th in magl mail mahig abear tie jie pe ltd led adot of iw k g alep oe dal ali ull ach 1 bigi bigl a I 1 tile tiie 04 of I 1 ie become be bemi cope cove fes fen an c irce ice i ce and aad fmc in ic e ids over ov er the ve velet et ible ibie if 1 ingdon ing dom jn t it at t this his time imper cropes the animals to toneeka tope seek eka it saley salis p CP ce for f r meyr weir li er perio id dof of rat rest T IB je bit b t iw f loo s itei if in tit d rk erk cave ol 01 ili 11 wu Is ri ea j cd bu bui ims inas tiie the gniel g niel p ill tit levs lc v s aud Bud generally coic conc als as hamedl in fern iii lii blakes cikes eikes Hdm hamsters alid arid inan nuts bury them elves iles iii ili in the ground arld and the jumping mouse of canada and aud the united stat stacey encloses gi closes itself in a ball of clay chy at the same ti lio tio liw ex ih thee lhee ee e e singular aiom atom ai im ds ils roll themselves lo 10 da T I 1 hor bor lri tit in such a way that the extremities es are protected against cold and the abdominal and even the lale lalo taie compressed so that the circulation of tile tha blood is checker many nany of them turn especially the gnawers gnaw dawers ers ag as the hamster hambler and noway norway rat collect previously 0 o their period of sleep cons CPUS ede ide rabe tores tares offord of food op oi they probably live until sleep ers them ili in this period w we bobsene hi in the adi AOI mals first a decrease of the amoral beat heat which in in the case of same tomo somo is i diminished twenty duent degrees degre ei with others foray forty tp t gifty fifty degrees ye et it i is a al always v a s ili lii higher har hgr than the temperature empera ture of the tire atmosphere inthe winter months if these animals ure are waked during the winter il they arak soon goon leeover herr heir natural i warmth armi hand and aud this arU fical vaira them second secondly ly en rn ma mail 1 8 I 1 an n a state breathe much slower oger andl and lillei Iii lii lel lei iel nt int jhn ihan at other orber times limes som sonoe i eikill mii mil remain even a quarter of hi hoax hour without any and animals in I 1 I 1 this thas stafe stale seldom breathe more than once in a 1 minute hence nence they corrupt air dir lucli less lesi than athe if the respiration was vas free of or course ile lie the heart moves prop proportionally or tle tie nally slow with tile the hamster hirm ster it t dulk duik beats fifteen times a in a working state stale it beats 1 times a minute birute mi nute rute tile the llie irritability of the animals Is ver ery cry low ion and alid hamsters in this ibis state stale have been dissected dis rated which vi aich only now and then their gasped for air or gat gut least leat i opened the mouth add and ou which acid put on oil their heir intes intestines tinei had little or no fiet feet Alar marmots marmott mols can ho be awa killed only py b powerful al electric t shocks h OC k I 1 I 1 I 1 f k the digestion As is aiso also diminished tb tha the stomach and ft intestine tostIne are usually empt and aud even wea if it the im animae animal 1 I 1 s are Z awakened they do not manifestly manifest sy rn toms of appetite except in in 1 lisia n a ted tid the causes of the idor dormant marit state stale of lof animals hay hayk ly been sought ln ino i o i llon tion or of theor the organs it is la t giua tte tle that th tb veins reins in such animals are usually m ual ulder wider r ana and larger than 1 i 1 f i daw gaw ben hen hence cedik cedie the arnes can P pert ert comparatively ively litile ado aCO vit Tit the canse cause however producing tim dili torpidity is mostly till alil il lot tot biot i ot the cold the animals of this species flare flaro fd il into ibis this sleep in tie tio tle the 0 of su nimar if i hey bey ame are exposed to a cold tir tit e buthe on the other hand they the rt remain latain awake during tho the winter I 1 if they are autumn au lunan into a w varni arni roam yet tibey aney fall asleep if the beatin healing of tile the room is is discontinued for gome settle time lime ili in the case of some ome sl of them con confined glied pried air air produces duces laces tile he sleep thus a hamster hamper may ma be made to leep very pu easily 1 y 1 if I 1 it t into a vesel ve sel gel which iq i buried dee pi r ground among amons the tire birds some sorrl of th nips HIPS e sWai skol swallows callows lows are lub subject to a similar step the tl 0 swift Ja rundo apus is is not only found in the he crevices oua oUi valls valis but also aiso in in morasses in m ia B dorl dorm dormant at state feato dornig muter moter alid arid MAI ekl try hae col cor cluied froni from ibis V I 1 at t all swallows pass gs tiie the win winter tarn in I 1 this state abich is is incorrect incorrect as ta they is are known to be birds of pas kasae saze iaze most alost improbably roba el ly those swallows mii ft ach ilch hae hau been folind in 10 a dormant state were d fl emi rit rat ing by accident accident ana and d became taril torpid jether n the r decre retreat t throng th 11 CA cold id ir ae 91 amilar wd tt ay young 0 ting ling cue euc cuckoos k oos have been fou in inalie the water through lii iii 13 state slats is by lio llo mals mais natural lo 10 them with willi drogs frogg and other oilier amphibious reptiles fhe the dormant state slate is ery very commod As soon s as a the tha temperature of tile hie aft under fifty degrees fahre fabre fahrenheit A j 1 f t I 1 afre Ir It nimber timber of pulsations of or the heart is diminished from thirty to twelve in a filli minute nute af if in this thia state food is pj i plo nto the stomach it remains r ar time frogg ser serpents eilts and lizards kept in artificial coid cold may remain for 3 ears in chii thi state hence they have been akl q A in r stones lones in they auve been peps per F aj 1 F forcen tunes tile the other loer lower 1 as 1 I 1 nail flails in 14 r sects ar are also subject to a similar torpidity torp idt A sta state T e of partial partia torpor takes place tn lin the case of the coincon common bear ohia and the race raccoon gion sion 1 the hear begins to be drowsy in TO november when le ile is particularly ft aa into inlo his asden len ien lyli feli fell lie lle has as hoed lifted with ishm moss Us 0 a and lle lie e but out larely ia lely iely awakes in winters when li lie lle does awake 11 hs accustomed to lick his paws paw which are without hair bair and bullof full fuli of small glands glayds hence dhe the belief that he draws his bis nou nourishment only from them thiem the badger also sleeps the greater 13 part ait dit odthe of he IT winter later ex ei a |