256 PRESENTS FROM THE PASHA. 
which no living Giraffe had been brought 
into any part in Europe, the present active 
Pasha of Egypt, in which country the Gi- 
raffe sometimes arrives, as a rarity, from the 
more southern parts of Africa, suddenly sent 
forth four, as royal presents;—one to Con- 
stantinople ; one to Venice; one to the King 
of France; and one to His Britannic Ma- 
jesty. That sent to Constantinople died soon 
after its arrival; and that received in Eng- 
land, and kept, with the fullest care and 
attention, by His Majesty, at Windsor, 
died in the month of October last, after a 
length of infirmity and sickness. It was 
young and small. It arrived at Windsor on 
the 13th of August, 1827. 
Though the Giraffe has been commonly 
compared with the Camel, it is probably, 
except in size, more related to the Antelope. 
Its head, which, as observed by M. Le Vail- 
lant, is doubtless the most beautiful part of 
its bedy, has nothing of the character of the 
Camel, but makes a far nearer approach to 
the head of the Antelope, or, perhaps, still 
nearer to that of the Horse. The spots upon 
its sides, and other particulars of its figure, 
should again remind us of the Antelope. 
