THE GREAT ANT-EATER 
with occasionally arrowroot, milk, and the yolk of eggs, 
consuming about 21 oz. of food per day. This animal was 
afterwards sent to the Zoological Gardens in Hamburg, 
and lived a very long time on the food mentioned above. 
In 1867 a line young female was presented to this 
Society by Dr. Palin, and on its arrival at the Gardens 
was in rather poor condition, having been fed principally 
THE GREAT ANT-EATER, 
upon milk and eggs ; but strips of raw beef and mutton, 
however, were substituted, and upon this food, with the 
addition of a little bread-and-milk, the animal soon in- 
creased in size and strength in a very remarkable manner. 
Improbable as it may appear, I found this animal some- 
what partial to ripe fruit, particularly soft pears and 
apples, which she would eat with apparent relish if 
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