THE GIRAFFE. 
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ing objects at a great distance ; it is 
f ^ defended by the brow, and it can see, 
^out turning the head, behind and below 
>t. 
atid 
Ihe tongue has very peculiar properties, 
^ be so tapered as to enter the ring of 
small key. Its taste and smell are 
® and very delicate, especially as regards 
^j^^^^^ificial food now given it [barley, oats, 
split beans] ; it can raise the little papillse 
fe for fit times the tongue is per- 
rou ^ ®*^ooth and soft, at others exceedingly 
ej It is a small feeder, but drinks about 
^ t or ten quarts of milk in a day. The 
sist ^ is longer than the lower, which as- 
tongue in drawing in boughs; but 
iies^a grinding its food it is contracted. It 
tljj 1 when it chews the cud. I do not 
^t Very choice of its food, so that it be 
the 
and sweet. It is fond of aromatics ; 
of the bough it also eats ; our acacia 
others of the mimosa tribe it does not 
