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Oxford and Cambridge, and many other parts of the country. Zoolo- 

 gists tell us a number of extraordinary stories of their propensities 

 and instincts. Amongst other things, they say, that they have the 

 greatest antipathy imaginable to Frenchmen and Americans, especially 

 the former, whom they never see without braying in the most hideous 

 manner, and endeavouring to kick their shins. Another peculiarity is, 

 that they delight in a red-coat as much as a turkey-cock hates it. 

 They are said, likewise, to exhibit the most lively symptoms of joy at 

 sight of a gallows or gibbet, which is the more surprising, as it is not 

 their nature to eat human flesh. 



The Orangeman a decided blood-hound ; it is a native of Ireland, 

 where it is still common, particularly in the northern provinces. Pre- 

 vious to the year 1829, the ravages committed by this fierce animal 

 were almost incredible. A vast number of them were kept in the 

 government kennels, and used to hunt down the papists, as Cortes 

 hunted the aborigines of America with wolf-do'gs. At the date re- 

 ferred to, it began to strike the legislature that it was not the best way 

 to tame the people of Ireland to treat them as wild beasts ; and accord- 

 ingly they passed an act for drawing the teeth of the Orangemen, which 

 was carried into immediate execution. It was ludicrous enough to 

 observe the furious but ineffectual attempts they made to bite after the 

 state dentists had deprived them of their fangs ; they snapped at every 

 one they met, and barked louder than ever. No species of dog is more 

 subject to hydrophobia, as appears from their uncontrollable propensity 

 to drink excessively of wine and ardent spirits, particularly about the 

 first of July and the fourth of November, when they are in the highest 

 state of rabid excitement, and make the most horrid howlings imagi- 

 nable. The specimen here offered to public notice is a most ferocious 

 dog. He was taken about a month since at the door of Exeter Hall, 

 at the conclusion of the great " whole Bible" meeting, at which Lord 

 Lorton presided. 



The Rector a wolf in its internal conformation, but externally re- 

 sembling a sheep. It avails itself of this likeness to insinuate itself 

 amongst the flock, one or two of which it usually devours at a meal. 

 It infests all parts of England and Ireland, to the great annoyance and 

 damage of the farmers in particular. The Irish, however, have a kind 

 of shepherd's dog, called a white-foot, which has a rough, but most 

 effectual way of dealing with these depredators. There is a white-foot 

 in this collection, a half-starved cur, the very antithesis of an English 

 mastiff. 



The Tithe-Proctor this animal is to the foregoing what the jackall 

 is said to be to the lion. Zoologists call the jackall the lion's-provider, 

 because he selects and hunts down the prey with which that lordly 

 brute gorges himself. The tithe-proctor performs the same savage and 

 obsequious part for the rector. The Irish peasant, when he catches it, 

 is in the habit of cutting off one of its ears, and sometimes both ; it is a 

 rare thing in that country to see a tithe-proctor with a complete set of 

 the organs of hearing. The specimen here exhibited was caught in the 

 county Kilkenny, near Knock-Toplur. It is a young one, and has the 

 moiety of one of its ears left. 



The Curate of the ox species ; supposed to be a native of Egypt, 

 from its striking similitude to the breed of Pharaoh's " lean kine." It 

 is an intelligent, useful, submissive animal ; does an incredible deal of 



