BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY. 45 
THE GIRAFFE. 
This animal is sometimes 
called the camel-leopard, be- 
cause its head is like that of a 
camel, and its skin is spotted 
like a leopard. I once saw two 
tame giraffes in a garden where 
animals are kept. They were 
standing under a large ash- 
tree, from which they wanted to 
pluck some leaves ; but, alas ! 
there was not a leaf within 
reach ; all the lower branches 
had been stripped long ago. 
What was to be done ? One 
of them drew himself up to his 
