7188 Quadrupeds, S^c. 



The Wombwell of the last Century. — Copied verbatim et literatim from the 

 'Kentish Gazette' of December 16, 1791. 



MR. FOSCO'S Collection of WILD BEASTS— from various parts of the 

 world. To he seen at the Cattle-market without St. George's gate, Canterbury, 

 every lawful day from 10 o'clock in the moniinif till ni<,rht. 



This curious colIecli(m was shown before His Majesty, and all the Royal Family, 

 the Duke of Montagu, Lords Chesterfield, Courtney and Sidney, and a great number 

 of the nobility, at Weymouth, the 16th day of July*, 1789. 



I. The Noble Hunting Tvger from Bengal. II. A Young Sea Lion from the 

 Cape of Good Hof)e. The Keeper is obliged to wash him in water every day. 

 III. Is the Ethiopian Savage, or the Hairy Man, 5 feet 3 inches high, and as stout 

 as any person: the only one in the Kingdom. This Wonderful production of Nature 

 has body, breast^, arms, and fingers entirely like a Christian [Qttery, as to the 

 anatomical distinction between Christians and Heathens?], and is so sensible as to 

 nnderstand every word the keeper says to him! IV. Is the Ouran-Outang or the 

 Wild Man from the West Indies. V. Is a very curious Porcupine. This astonishing 

 creature was bred upon the const of Barbary. it is half a bird and half a beast; every 

 quill on his body is 18 inches long: when he shoots his quills, he throws them 

 150 yards from his body : and each quill is as hard as iron. [An able-bodied voluuteer 

 that! J VI. Is (sic) the Muscovite Cats, a male and female, striped like a Tyger, 

 and spotted like a Leopard, the only two alive in England. VII. Is the Jackall, or 

 Lion's Provider. This creature goes 5 or 6 miles in the forest lo provide for the Lion, 

 and what he cannot carry he will coniiuct the Lion to. VIII. Is the American 

 Monster [Legree ?]. IX. Is the little Jenny Jip, the Night-walker, 72 years of age. 

 X. The Unknown Animal from Botany Bay, brou^^ht to Eugland by Captain Lee, 

 in the Ship Rover: the legs are straight and beautiful, and the feet much like a 

 chicken's; its head like a rabbit, and a back like a pig ; and has been viewed by some 

 few of the Euiinent philosophers in England; but they cannot give the Animal a 

 Name as yet. — And many other animals and birds too tedious to mention. 



*** When shown the Birds and Animals are clean, young [this implies a 

 tolerable longevity in the above-mentioned Miss Jane Jip, whoever she may be], and 

 pleasing, adapted to the inspection of Naturalists, and tho.se who admire the Novelties 

 of the Creation, The lar^rest beasts are so secured in iron dens that Ladies and Gentle- 

 men may see them with the greatest safety. — Ladies and Gentlemen is.; Trades- 

 men 6d.; Working People 3d. 



^^ Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, — you may have the opportunity of seeing 

 this noble collection of wild Beasts, consisting of the large Sea Liou, the Hunting 

 Tyger, the Chief Justice of the brute creation [their Judge Jeffreys rather], a pair of 

 Muscovy Cats, the young Cougrow, the Porcupine, and a number of birds and beasts 

 too tedious to mention. 



Migration of Birds. — A year or two ago, happening to be engaged in making a 

 tour in the Mediterranean, and being, on the 21st of April, on board a steam-vessel 

 exactly half way between the Island of Cerigo and Malta, on my way to the latter 

 place, a large number of birds flew on board, evidently performing their annual 

 migration from the coast of Africa. They were principally the common titlark, 

 though among the number were wheatears, a fern owl or two, as well as various 

 swallows; the whole of them seemed much fatigued. Flights of turtle doves passed 

 the ship the whole day; a few alighted for a few minutes in the rigging, but 

 showing no symptoms whatever of exhaustion, and high over head were flocks of 

 vultures ur eagles, proceeding as leisurely as rooks of an evening on the way to their 

 roosting-|daces. Now the distance of the spot I mention from the coast of Africa in 

 two directions is just 240 miles, and, as near as possible, just about as far from the 

 coast of Italy, as well as the Morea. The flight of these birds from land to land, 

 therefore, could uot have been less than 480 miles. Many of the titlarks, though in a 



