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striped like the zebra, particularly on the legs 

 and thighs. 



The eight following parks are inhabited by 

 different species of sheep and deer. We shall 

 principally remark amongst them the male and 

 female of the sheep of Astracan (ow aries va- 

 rietas), which were presented to the Museum 

 by the late Duke of Richelieu ; as they have pro- 

 pagated, we have hopes of domesticating them; 

 the wool of the young is a valuable object of com- 

 merce. The male and female great deer of Canada 

 (cervus strongyloceros , Schr.), sent us by M.Mil- 

 bert; the stags of Louisiana and of Bengal, the last 

 of which, supposed to be the hippelaphus of Ari- 

 stotle, was given by M. de Montbron ; and several 

 other species of deer, one of which is white. 



In the furthest park, and during summer only, 

 we see the guepard (/dis jitbata), common to 

 Asia and Africa. This animal, which the Asiatics 

 train to hunting, resembles the panther in the 

 elegance of its form and the agility of its move- 

 ments ; it is as tame and mild as the most 

 familiar dog ; it was given to the Museum by 

 M. Lecoupe, governor of Senegal. 



Having made the tour of the different parks, 

 we return to the rotunda. 



In this edifice, which has five large pavilions, 

 we find a young elephant, sent from India by 



