THE MENAGERIE. 55g 



animal retires at will in the day time, and is shut 

 up during the night. At the extremity of these 

 parks and near the river is the building for the 

 wild beasts. 



On entering the menagerie at the door near 

 the amphitheatre, we find an alley to the right 

 which leads us all round it, and in front an- 

 other alley which crosses it, winding round the 

 parks, and passing between the rotunda and the 

 aviary. Taking this path we see ist, on each 

 side, the African sheep with a large tail, and the 

 morvant with very long legs. 2d. The camelus 

 alpaca, a very remarkable animal for the length 

 and fineness of its wool ; it was almost unknown 

 at the time when it was presented to the Mu- 

 seum by M. Pouydebat, a merchant of Bourdeaux. 

 3d. Male and female goats from Tartary, and 

 also one which MM. Diard and Duvaucel sent 

 from India, of the true race, the wool of which 

 is used in making the Cashmere shawls. 4th. The 

 goats from upper Egypt, to which the projection 

 of their under jaw gives a very singular appear- 

 ance ; and those of Napaul, which are remark- 

 able for a very important character in zoology, 

 that of having the curved forehead of the sheep. 

 5th. Some goats which scarcely differ from our 

 European species, but which may give rise to a 

 new breed. 



