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at the village of Bodenham, three miles from 

 Salisbury. Dr. Fowler of that city has inspected 

 the hybrid, and is quite satisfied of the correctness 

 of the preceding statement, and Colonel Buckley, 

 a keeper of the New Forest, has likewise seen 

 the animal and is of the same opinion. 



"P. ST. M. PODMORE." 



Mr. Tegetmeier replied in The Field as 

 follows : 



"The existence of such a hybrid as that 

 described is unknown to zoologists, and from 

 the extreme diversity of structure would be re- 

 garded as impossible by all comparative anatomists. 

 Malformed animals of various species are always 

 regarded by the uninformed general public as 

 hybrids ; no absurdity is too great for the credulity 

 of a large proportion of those persons who delight 

 in the wonderful. The existence and origin of the 

 pig- faced lady has not passed out of the memory 

 of all persons. The preservation of the specimen 

 would be of slight importance, but the examina- 

 tion of the anatomical structure would at once 

 have settled the question. The supposed hybrid 

 was doubtless a malformed pony, and no trace 

 of the structure of a ruminating animal." 



