THE ARK OPENED FOR INSPECTION.
THE FLOOD.
TAKING OUT THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS.
After the flood the exit of the animals from the ark is next to be attended to. Opening windows in its front, a quantity of animals and birds are taken out as shown in [Fig. 3]. Ducks, chickens, pigeons, cats, dogs, and a pig are removed and run around on the stage or fly about, and it is wondered how so small an inclosure could contain such a collection. It is also to be observed that none of the animals are wet—the water has not reached them. More, however, is to follow, for the exhibitor now lets down the front, and a beautiful Eastern woman, [Fig. 4], reclines gracefully in the center of the ark, which has only room enough to accommodate her. Where the animals came from, and how they and the woman could be found in the ark, which, when opened before the audience, seemed completely empty, and how they escaped the water, are the mysteries to be solved.
