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friends (as you cannot supply readily) to my present assort- 

 ment of ominus, omnivorous, carnivorous, graminivorous 

 and bipederous specimens — which I have imported from 

 Europe, Asia, iyrica, Oceanica, South America, and oihei- 

 places ; and consisting, in part, of the following, namely :■ 



" All the best and choicest, breeds and varfeties of horses, 

 cattle, swine, dogs, cats, sheep, rabbits, goats, fowls, 

 pigeons, rats, catamounts, hyenas, alligators, cormorants, 

 kangaroos, grizzly bears, antelopes, envelopes, llamas, 1am- 

 'ems, jaguars, fox and geese, kinkajous, petrel, periwinkles, 

 long-tailed rabbits, Nubian fennecs, red eagles, condors, 

 hooded ducks and hood-winked drakes, swifts, sloes 

 (intended for 'fast' men and old 'fogies'), chamois, arma- 

 dilloes, wingless emus, beadles, crabs, cranes, coons (bred 

 from ' that same old 'un'), white zebras, macaws, catspaws, 

 canteldpes, carbuncles and shuttle-sewing machines. 



" I also have, for exporting, a splendid assortment of buf- 

 Mo, elk, deer, moose, bears, cranes, owls, badgers, wood- 

 chucks, swans, pelicans, gulls (genuine), rattle-snakes 

 (domesticated), fighting hen-turkeys (from Iowa), larka 

 (from Nauvoo), and a superior assortment of fishes, of 

 every conceivable size, color and variety, which are war- 

 granted to live out of the water, in any climate. In short, 

 I will keep on hand all the best ' blooded ' animals, fowls, 

 quadrupeds, fishes, reptiles, insects and birds, — be t-iey 

 gallinaceous, aquatic, aerial, fancy, substantial, gooj, bad 



