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of the body in a very delicate manner, together with the 

 nerves, veins and muscles, all of which were named. The 

 thanks of the Society were voted for this, and his other val- 

 uable gifts. 



Mr. W. T. Brigham read the following notes on the Pinj- 

 rajjol or Animal Hospital at Bombay : — 



Once in a while an account appears of some hospital for horses, for 

 do^s, or even for cats, but I believe that animal hospitals, on the com- 

 prehensive scale of the one I am about to describe, are peculiar to the 

 Hindus, whose religion forbids the destruction of animal life. 



A space of six or seven acres, in the central portion of Bombay, is 

 enclosed by high walls, and divided into courts or wards for the re- 

 ception of sick or helpless animals. Passing through a long, irregular 

 lane, I came to the entrance, and was presented to the Hindu gentle- 

 man who has the entire charge, and who sent various attendants to 

 show me the different objects. In the first court were sickly cattle 

 of various kinds, any one of which would attract attention in any 

 museum in this country. Two or three had broken legs, one was de- 

 formed ; but the prevailing trouble among the buffaloes was a disease 

 of the hump. Several had their enormous horns broken in fighting, I 

 was told. No surgical aid seemed to be given, but the animals were 

 well fed and the flies kept from the sores. There was one fine spec- 

 imen of the Nilghau. Farther on was a ward filled with vagrant 

 dogs, and it seemed as though eveiy form of the canine race had been 

 collected. The long-haii-ed Chinese dog, the pug-nosed Japanese, and 

 the mongrel curs so common in all Eastern cities, with here and there 

 a jackal dog, were crowded, to the number of two or three hundred, 

 into a court where they were well fed, and had quite as much exer- 

 cise as they desired. 



In a tank were numerous tortoises, fish that had been rescued by 

 some benevolent Hindus, and some ducks. On the roofs were large 

 flocks of crows, pigeons, and other birds, carefully watching for the 

 dropping of the animals below. One room was said to be especially 

 appropriated to fleas, and coolies are hired to allow them to feed un- 

 disturbed on their bodies, for so much an hour ; I did not venture into 

 this room. 



Goats, sheep, deer, all had their appropriate place ; and in one 

 court were the calves brought by the Hindu milkmen, who could not 

 kill, and who thus got rid of them, the hospital nurses buying milk 

 to feed the unfortunate creatures, who seldom survived. 



One of the most curious wards was that ajipropriated to the mon- 

 keys. There were twenty monkeys, apes and baboons, and all but 



