BRITISH QUADRUPEDS. 



of much instruction. "When I was at Compeigne," he 

 says, " my friends took me to a German, who exhibited 

 a wonderful stag. As soon as we had taken our seats 

 in a large room, he was introduced. The stag was of 

 an elegant form and majestic structure, his aspect at 

 once animated and gentle. He first made a profound 

 obeisance to the company as he entered, by bowing his 

 head ; after which he paid his respects to each individual 

 of us in the same manner. He next carried about a 

 small stick in his mouth, to each end of which a small 

 taper was attached. He was then blindfolded, and, at 

 the beat of a drum, fell upon his knees, and laid his 

 head on the ground. When the word pardon was pro- 

 nounced, he instantly sprung upon his feet. Dice were 

 thrown on the head of a drum, and he told the numbers 

 that were cast up by bowing his head so many times. 

 He discharged a pistol, by drawing with his teeth a 

 string that was tied to the trigger. He fired a small 

 cannon by means of a match that was fastened to his 

 right foot, without showing any signs of fear. He 

 leaped several times, with the greatest agility, through a 

 hoop, which his master held at a man's height from the 

 ground. At length, the exhibition was closed by his 

 eating a handful of oats from the head of a drum, which 

 a person was beating the whole time with the utmost 



