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liappened with reference to it. Some Egyptians going to see it 

 in the dress of their country, the animal gave evident signs of 

 joy, and loaded them with caresses. This fact is explained by 

 the lively affection which the camelopard entertains for the 

 Arab to whose care it is entrusted ; and it was therefore natural- 

 ly rejoiced at the sight of the turban and costume worn by its 

 keeper. M. Mongez has been reading at the Academy of 

 Sciences, a paper, tracing the natural history of the camelopard, 

 from the testimony of writers who have spoken of it, either as 

 having themselves seen the animal, or as having long lived with 

 persons who were acquainted with and had observed it. He 

 points out Moses as the most ancient writer who has mentioned 

 the camelopard ; expresses his astonishment at the silence of 

 Aristotle respecting it, and concludes from that silence not only 

 that the camelopard was at that time unknown to the Greeks, 

 but even that it did not exist in Egypt, as otherwise Aristotle, 

 who had travelled into that country, could not have failed to re- 

 mark it. The first living camelopard that appears to have been 

 seen in Europe, was in the time of Julius Caesar, the year 708 

 of the Roman era. After that period^ it was introduced into 

 Rome by the Emperors, on various occasions ; sometimes in the 

 games of the circus, sometimes in the triumphs over the African 

 princes. Albert the Great, in his treatise De Animalibus, is the 

 first writer of modern times who speaks of the camelopard. In 

 1486, one of the Medici possessed one at Florence, which lived 

 there for some time. It appears that the camelopard is some- 

 times a very savage animal ; and it is supposed that the differ- 

 ence in its character arises from a difference in its education and 

 treatment. 



38. Hirudo muricata, Linn. — It has been thought (Journal 

 of Science, No. xiii. p. 161.), that the ova and young of this 

 species of sea-leech had remained unknown till this season (1827). 

 It is but doing justice, however, to a distinguished observer of 

 this place (John Graham Dalyell, Esq.) to mention, that, in 

 the year 1822, he bred this animal in jars of sea- water, watching 

 all the changes, from the laying of the eggs to the evolution of 

 the perfect animal. Beautiful drawings of the ova and young, 

 made in July 1823, and bearing that date, are now before us; 

 and in some MS. notes which accompany the drawings, Mr 

 Dalyell remarks, " The Hirtido muricata propagates by eggs of 



