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ZOOLOGY. 



ertni" *■" "'■"'"'"'"' ""'"^ '""''"' '^''""'""*' ^"ich are of gen- 

 Four of the elejAants in the gardens of the Zoological Society of Lon 

 don were weighed and measured by A. D. Bartlett,. Ihe superintend" 

 ent of the socetj-s gardens, and the following flgnre's give th"": 



Jnng PacIia 

 SuffaCulli.. 



Omar 



Eustoin 



Height at 

 shoulder. 



Circumference of 



the front foot 

 above the toes 



Ft. 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 6 



In. 





 10 



2 







Ft. 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 



In. 



8 



11 



Weight. 



Tons. 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 



Cwt. Qrs. Lb. 

 3 23 



2 3 11 



7 1 5 



3 3 2G 



The period of gestation has been recorded by two £?entlemen Tolnnpi 

 Heysham, of the Madras Commissarial Staff,t and Mr Irthnr F R.n 



LIFE PERIODS OF THE HIPPOPOTAMUS § 



ranges ordinarily from "SeTo «W dov,! / ^ *""' '" *'"' ^''"'"<' 

 sued 227 days aLrinterlrsellttlVrie!" ""^ ^"^'^"'='' "^^'^ ^- 



P.'.fztTS.^iL,^,';^;?;,^^""^^ "'"' '""S"'^ °f «"> I-«»- Elephants. 



pp. 23-24. oreeding m captivity. Proc. ^co/. ^oc, London, 1880, 



