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Show SHOWED INSTINCT OF SWANS Birds Had Learned the Trick of Ring- Ing a Dell to Get Their Supply of Food. During a- recent visit to tho cathed-rnl cathed-rnl city of Wells, In Somersetshire, n Scotsman correspondent wus wltnesa of a curious incident. The Episcopal paleco Is surrounded, Jiut as in olden times, by a wall and a moat, tho haunt of swat., ducka. and other uquatle birds. The ujoat la crossed at the entrance en-trance to the pi.lace grounds by a drawbridge with a battlumeuted gateway gate-way with lowers, in one of whlh is tho gatekeeper's lodge. From a bracket fixed lu the wall of one of theae towers overlooking the moat a bell Is suspended, with a cord attached. at-tached. One afternoon about five o'clock, while patching the movements of tho various birds In tho wuter. the correspondent corre-spondent heard the ringing of a bell, and. on looking to see whence im sound came, he observed that ono of tho swnna wna vigorously pulling tho cord evidently to attract attention As no ImmeJiatu notice was taken of lu efforts, tho Impntlent bird continued to ring tho bell violently until there nppeared at tho window of the tower the wife of tho gatekeeper, who threw out a qu-mtlty of food to the exprcuiu wnterfov. I. , On making Inquiries as to tho origin of this lnt.iri'btlnic episode, ih, corespondent core-spondent wns told that a number of years Ug0 ft u-aU6llU)r of 10 b,B, ()( i.i I elr? "U,ch lM...ioil In th birds Inhabiting the n.ont. i,ht ih. swans to rlns tha bell at feeding-time ' Lh" ',C,0t'.11 ," thB ""H'un. 'ihl, practice has been continued by aucces-. aucces-. lve families of swans down id u',. present day. and It would ,eem. &,.. oreas if the birds transmitted , their offspring the knowiedgo that , wtaw, the eor.1 w.. pulled the ll ouia rlngjimuhat food would folltw. I Her Discovery, fooou-"80rKB' rVU tIOt fcplUU'11'1 "eWB ' "That so?" ',H0,nulh'1B that will save you I u lot of monoy." "What Is It?" ! I v- Oisrovered that your last win-tWa win-tWa overcoat will do again this year." |