<h2><SPAN name="WHEN_ANIMALS_ARE_SEASICK" id="WHEN_ANIMALS_ARE_SEASICK"></SPAN>WHEN ANIMALS ARE SEASICK.</h2>
<p class="ac">PHEBE WESTCOTT HUMPHREYS.</p>
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<p class="drop-cap">ANYONE who has traveled extensively
has had an opportunity
in some of the ocean voyages
to witness the seasickness of
animals, and many queer stories are
told from time to time of their actions
at such times—how lions become un-kinglike,
monkeys ape humanity, and
dogs are especially woeful—and one
realizes that human beings are not the
only ones that suffer from seasickness,
by any means.</p>
<p>One hears a good deal about pangs
that have filled the men and women
with woe, but little is said of the menageries
brought to America every year,
or carried hither and yon in wave-tossed
boats.</p>
<p>Lions and tigers may be majestic
when they have unwavering earth or
rock against their paws, but a seasick
cat of these tribes is as forlorn as any
man ever was, and doesn't look a bit
more kingly than a wet rabbit. Even
its roars and growls have a weeping
sound in them, quite in keeping with
the general appearance of the beast.</p>
<p>A monkey is as pitiable an object
when it is seasick as any other beast so
stricken, and its forlorn facial expression
is so humanlike and the way it
clasps its paws across its stomach is so
natural that the man who is not seasick
necessarily sees something to laugh at
in the misery of the creature. Not so
with the seasick man. If he sees a
seasick monkey he is sure to get very
angry, thinking the poor thing is mocking
him.</p>
<p>It takes a dog to be woeful at sea.
It has a way of doubling all up, with
its tail between its legs and its head
hanging down that shows a deep-seated
pain. To free itself the dog goes
through all sorts of contortions. It
will stretch out on the deck, groan and
whine, sometimes rising on its haunches
and lifting its head and howling long
and miserably, as some dogs do at the
sound of music.</p>
<p>Many other animals show signs of
great distress when on the water in
rough weather, and any animal that is
thoroughly seasick will show almost
human signs of distress and appeal for
sympathy, yet one can scarcely help
laughing at their actions, even in the
face of their evident suffering.</p>
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