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senses little developed, that of smell being the b'est. Inasmuch as 

 the Zoological Garden of Philadelphia has succeeded in keeping 

 Manatees alive for two months and a half, let us hope that the 

 effort will be again made here, and by other institutions of similar 

 character, remembering with the poet 



" Nil actum reputans 

 Si quid superesset agendum." . 



