Tatted Nearly Two Sears

Dr. Tanner'e famous fase of forty days is thrown Into the background as a etarvation fet by the performance of the big anaconda at the Philadelphia zoological gardeas, whlch was only racently tempted to eat a nice fat rabbit after going hungry for twenty-months. It may have been evea longer, but the keepers have no record of the creature's dotngs previous to its captivlty, and so can't teil. It is nat véry imusual for a enake to abetain fróm food for several months ,at the end of whioh time death generally resulta; but the anaconda's case is dïgtlnctly different f rom any other. lts f ast lasted mor9 thitn Vwice as long as any in the hiatory of the Zoo, and durtng t&e whole pf its eontinuance there was no evienca of til health. The spell now eeema o {i ej)tl: ely broten-, m .q anaconda calis reguiarly for iis nteals.