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and tigers, and deer, are mostly stuffed according to museum 

 models, — that is, the body is stretched out in the form of a regu- 

 lar cylinder, and the legs and head are in any position except 

 such as would be seen in life, so that if restored to life in the 

 form and proportions which result from the process of " stuff- 

 ing," none of the deer would be able to graze, and no tiger or 

 panther could scratch its ears with the claws of the hind foot, a 

 favourite pastime with all the cat tribe when quite at ease. We 

 must make honourable exception to the samples of stuffing 

 shown in Messrs. Nicolay's collection, No. 4512, in the nave. 

 By passing round to the rear of this stall, the visitor will see 

 what is probably the finest example of truly scientific mounting 

 ever accomplished. It is a group of a tiger and a serpent in 

 combat, by J. Kiellick of Buttesland Street, Hoxton, and has 

 been rewarded, as it deserved, with a medal. This is an ana- 

 tomical study rendered romantically truthful by the spirited 

 conception of the artist. Under the western dome will be seen 

 one of the two royal Bengal tigers sent by Colonel Reid (398) , the 

 other we have not found, but it is probably close at hand. 

 Though mentioned last, this is the grandest contribution of a 

 strictly zoological kind in the whole of the Exhibition. In none 

 of our museums have we a specimen so truthfully modelled as 

 this. Here, indeed, is the expression, attitude, and proportions 

 of life; this tiger can scratch its ears, or bound noiselessly 

 through the jungle in pursuit of its terrified prey, or escape the 

 hunter who has marked him for a prize. If the zoology of the 

 Exhibition does not invite lengthened or elaborate comment, it 

 is because man rather than Nature is the subject of its illustra- 

 tion, and if the zoologist finds but little to call for special remark, 

 the ethnologist will be well rewarded, for it has served to bring- 

 together a greater diversity of living human forms than could 

 have been hoped for had it been professedly an ethnological 

 congress, and we trust the students of the races of mankind 

 have availed themselves of the opportunities offered them to 

 add to their stock of knowledge derived from observation. 



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