. Zoological Society bulletin . o means were offered of watching thestruggle of construction, and the evidenceonly, without ocular proof of the actual pro-cesses of the work, existed. Near Lawton, Oklahoma, the sportsmen ofthat town have established a shooting range,where in closed seasons they indulge in thepastime of breaking clay pigeons. At theend of the range a great many of these mound-building ants had established colonies, andnaturally some of the spent shot dropped inthat vicinity. These mounds increased in size and finallybecame so conspicuous as to attract the atten-tion of the more
. Zoological Society bulletin . o means were offered of watching thestruggle of construction, and the evidenceonly, without ocular proof of the actual pro-cesses of the work, existed. Near Lawton, Oklahoma, the sportsmen ofthat town have established a shooting range,where in closed seasons they indulge in thepastime of breaking clay pigeons. At theend of the range a great many of these mound-building ants had established colonies, andnaturally some of the spent shot dropped inthat vicinity. These mounds increased in size and finallybecame so conspicuous as to attract the atten-tion of the more inquisitive sportsmen. Uponinvestigation, it was learned that the ants ingathering the round, granite pebbles for theirmounds had also carried a great quantity ofshot which had fallen to the ground andmingled with tiny particles of stone. Morethan fifty pounds of shot were taken from themounds, and it was declared upon the honorof the relator of the story that this was anabsolute fact. E. R. S. 1030 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. A FRIENDLY STRUGGLE IN THE ELK RANGEStanley II at the left and Stanley I at the right. STANLEY. THE animals of the Zoological Park livetheir allotted lives and die, as doesman in his sphere. For the shabbiest of sentimental purposeswe mourn the loss of a human acquaintance,but for conventional reasons we are obligedto dismiss from our minds the death of adumb animal as only a passing circumstance. Many of the finer attributes with whichman masks his outward self, in violent con-tradiction of the true working of his mind, arepart of the every-day life of the higher typeof wild animals, and this without simulation. It would be sheer idiocy to weigh in thebalance of comparison, the mental capacityof the man and animal, and ascribe equallyto the animal the delicate impulses of thehuman mind. And yet they are alike in manyways, the difference being one of degreerather than of kind. The animal is restrictedin his sphere and is but a spoke in the greatwheel of
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