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GIRAFFE, OR CAMEL-OPARD. 
GIRAFFF, A NATIVE OF THE SOUTH OF AFRICA.—Ra- 
RITY OF THE SPECIMENS IN EUROPE.—THE KING’S 
GIRAFFE AT WINDSOR.— ITS ARRIVAL, SICKNESS, 
AND DEATH. 
Tue Giraffe is one of those animals, sin- 
gular either for form or other appearances, 
which distinguish the Zoology of the South of 
Africa. Giraffe, or Jariffe,* is the name given 
to it by the Arabs. By the Romans, from its 
figure upon one side, and from its spots upon 
the other, it was called Camelopardalis, or 
Camel-Leopard, Pard, or Panther. The 
Giraffe is not difficult to meet to the north- 
ward of» the Cape of Good Hope. It lives 
upon vegetable food, and is often the prey 
of the Lion, which springs upon its back, 
and holds it with his mouth and claws, while 
the animal runs for miles, carrying its de- 
stroyer upon its back, till, famt with fatigue 
and loss of blood, it falls down, and is de- 
voured. 
After a lapse of three centuries, durmg all 
FOr Narita. 
