THE PERFORIING I TALKING 



FIS 



Now Exhibiting, from 1 1 a.m. till 10 p.m.^ at 



191, PICCADILLY. 



ADMISSION, ONE SHILLING. 



CHILDREN HALF-PRICE. 



FASHIONABLE MORNING PERFORMANCES 



Every Saturday, from 11 till 6 o'clocJc. 

 Admission, HALF- A-CROWN ; Children, One Shilling. 



AFTER SIX, THE USUAL CHARGE. 



This amphibious creature was caught with much trouble, and at great personal hazard, 

 by Signor CAVANA and Crew, off the Coast of Africa, on the 5th of May, 1854. It 

 measures 12 feet in length, weighs 8 cwt. and is the only individual of the species 

 hitherto publicly exhibited. 



In offering this curious animal to public view, the Proprietor begs to inform his 

 visitors that they are not to confound it w-th the Marine Wolf, as it is quite of a dif- 

 ferent species. The female, which he has (he honor to present to the public, obeys the 

 word of command, and executes various pc fonnanccs, which liave caused great admira- 

 tion to the first naturalists of England, France, and Portugal. 



The creature, notwithstanding its great ferocity, has with difficulty been tamed, and, 

 in a sense, domesticated. Such is its present docility and obedience, that it has left its 

 locality at night in search of its keeper, and has laid down to sleep by his side. It is of 

 enormous bulk, has two rows of teeth, and U covered with fine hair. It only feeds on fish, 

 of which it daily eats the iumiensc quantity of 45 lbs. It is ferocious and dangerous to 

 its enemy, but docile to its keeper, whoso orders and expressions it comprehends, and 

 whose face and hands it kisses. Its intelligence is so acute, that it pronounces several 

 words distinctly. 



FROBI THE LIVERPOOL CHRONICLE. 



The Talkihg Fish.— Public incredulity ir. reference to this extraordinarj- specimen of nature 

 hai been entirely dispelleit, and the ininunso number of ladies and gentlemen who have paid a visit 

 to the eBtablishnient in Elliott-street durini^ the past week testify to the remarkable and wonderful 

 character of the creature. It seems daily to advance in sagacity and intelligence, and on each suc- 

 ceeding visit w,' are struck with additioijal proof > of its traotaliility. Amonpst the numerous body 

 who have insp'rted it during the past week we see by the visitors' hook the nrimea of the Earl of 

 Sefton, the flnn. C. B. Molyiicux, the Hon. Frederick Hewey Bathurst, John Bramley-Moore, Esq., 

 ^f.P., Gilbert Henderson, Esq.. Kecordcr of Liverpool, M.ijor Ch.-.mbcrs, Captain Hornby, Knowsley 

 Cottage, Captain II. C Falkncr, Sck.— January TMli, 18.59. 



Amongst the ladies and pentlemen who have visited the exhibition during the present week, we 

 notice in the visitors' book th-, nanus of Captain T. H, Sullivan, H.M.S. "Hastings"; P. T. Curry, 

 Esq., Coroner; B. Hcywood Jones, Esq., and Family, Lark-hill; the Rev. T. Rigliye Baldwin; 



Robert de Lambert, Esq , Common Head, Windermere, Kendal; W. H. Maclean, E^q., ic. &c. 



February Wi, 1R,5!). 



