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Performances of an elephant at Exeter 'Change. 



draughtSj and the noise it made when emptied 

 into her mouth was exactly that of pouring water 

 or any other liquid from one vessel into another. 

 On being asked if she chose any more? she sig- 

 nified her assent; and drank as much and in the 

 same manner as before. She then, without bid^ 

 ding, took up the pail by the handle, and return- 

 ed it to the keeper, with a polite inclination of 

 the head. 



I am informed, that this animal's daily allow- 

 ance of food consists of one truss of hay, one do. 

 of straw, a bushel of barley-meal and bran made 

 into a mash, about thirty pounds of potatoes, and 

 six pails of water. 



THE RHINOCEROS. 



NEXT to the elephant, this animal claims 

 pre-eminence in the scale of creation, on account 

 of its enormous strength, and the magnitude of its 

 body. Its length, from the tip of the nose to the 

 insertion of the tail, is usually twelve feet ; its 

 height varies from five to seven feet, and its cir- 

 cumference is nearly equal to its length. 



Its nose is armed with a hard and very solid 

 horn, sometimes above three feet in length, and 

 eighteen inches in circumference at the base, 

 with which it is able to defend itself against the 

 attacks of every ferocious animal. 



This weapon is pointed so as to inflict the se- 



NO. iv. x 



