. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 9o Animal Life. carnivorous in their habits, but are very fond of cherries, grapes, straw- berries and other sweet fruits. In South Germany the beech martens approach nearer to the haunts of men than does the " Edelmarder," often even making their nests in the roof of a farmhouse, busy in the vineyards and cherry orchards. Fallow-Deer as pets. A TAME MARTEN Amongst the Weasel tribe are to be found some of the most graceful of Marten created things, and perhaps most graceful amongst them are the Martens. Only those
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. 9o Animal Life. carnivorous in their habits, but are very fond of cherries, grapes, straw- berries and other sweet fruits. In South Germany the beech martens approach nearer to the haunts of men than does the " Edelmarder," often even making their nests in the roof of a farmhouse, busy in the vineyards and cherry orchards. Fallow-Deer as pets. A TAME MARTEN Amongst the Weasel tribe are to be found some of the most graceful of Marten created things, and perhaps most graceful amongst them are the Martens. Only those who have been able to watch this agile murderer in his native haunts, actually running down the nimble squirrel in his native branches or catching with agile bound the bird in flight, can form an idea of the poetry of motion exhibited. But this does not add to the eligibility of the animal as a subject for the photographer; and after giving up as a bad job the two white - throated Beech Martens, which leapt like wildfire from branch to branch of their roomy cage, our photographer was more fortunate with his picture of " Micki," Mr. H. C. Brooke's tame Pine Marten, which was kept still for at least three consecutive seconds by means of a saucer of milk. The martens are easily tamed if taken young, and exhibit great fondness for the company of dogs. The pleasant musky odour they exhale also renders them more suitable pets than many other members of the weasel tribe. They are also not so strictly " This photograph," writes Mr. Herbert Lazenby, " of a pair of young Fallow-Deer may be of interest to the readers of Animal Life. These graceful but timid animals have been reared by a well-known game- dealer in York, and considerable interest has occasionally been caused by seeing the deer being led by their young keeper through the streets of the old city. The photograph was taken in the cathedral .grounds whilst the deer were having a morning ; Mr.
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