About them frisking played 

 'All Beasts of the earth since wild, and of all 



chase 



In wood or wilderness, forest or den; 

 Sporting the lion ramped f and in his paw 

 Dandled the kid; bears, tigers, ounces, pards, 

 Gambolled before them; the unwieldy ele- 

 phant, 

 To make them mirth, used all his might, and 



wreathed 

 His lithe proboscis. 



% It is a pity that no mention is made of the 

 hippopotamus. Many of us have always felt 

 singularly drawn to this genial monster who 

 has the remarkable merit of being at the same 

 time supremely massive and (when he opens 

 his mouth) undeniably hollow. Good hu- 

 mour shines in every square yard of his face, 

 and his kindness of heart is so great that he 

 could hardly bring himself to tread on your 

 foot, certainly not without the apology that 

 any gentleman gladly grants to another whom 

 he has unwittingly injured or offended. His 

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