THE GIRAFFE. 
^he total height of the full grown male 
•itial is said to reach nearly seventeen feet. 
® female which is still preserved in health 
j, ^ Vigour in the garden of the King of 
has attained the height of about fif- 
feet, measured when standing upright to 
® tips of the horns. She manifests all that 
*eness of disposition for which the species 
celebrated. She is fed on maize, beans, 
eh’ is fond of carrots, but her 
Predilection is for roses. These she eats 
til greatest avidity, licks the hand of 
1 giver for more, and, when the stock is ex- 
w looks after those who brought them 
Ur ^'^ident disappointment. She lives in a 
^erind building in the middle of the mena- 
to which is attached a little park, where 
Igj^^^crnains all day when the weather is warm, 
is exercised by her keepers every fine 
before the public are admitted ; and, 
®c>on as the weather becomes cold, she is 
