THE NATURAL 1IISTOET OP 



Garrow Indian at the same time the first was received ; 

 but died on the way from Goalpara to Calcutta, of a 

 pulmonary disease following catarrh. This poor little 

 creature, when first taken sick, suffered great pain and 

 oppression at the chest, for which I prescribed a cath- 

 artic of castor oil and calomel, and a warm bath, which 

 seemed to afford it some temporary relief, but she died 

 after ten days' illness. The animal appeared delighted 

 with the bath ; and when I removed her from the 

 vessel, she would run back again to the water, and lie 

 down again until again removed. She was like the 

 others I had in my possession, gentle and pacific in 

 disposition, very timid and shy of strangers ; but in 

 less than a week from the time she was taken, would, 

 if put down in an open place, quickly run to me, jump 

 in my arms, and hug me round the neck. I supposed 

 her to have been from nine months to a year old. I 

 fed her on boiled milk, goat's milk diluted with water 

 and sweetened with sugar-candy. She also would 

 sometimes partake of a little bread and milk, with 

 the older one. She soon learned to suck the milk 

 from a small bottle, through a quill covered with a 

 piece of rag." 



We shall next describe a" very singular species from 

 the East Indian Islands. 



