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SALOON. 
Nat. Hist. 
an enemy to snakes and other reptiles, attacking and 
destroying even the rattle-snake without the least dread 
or inconvenience: it is considered an agreeable food.— 
Also some animals belonging to the Order Edentata 
(Bruta, Linn.), amongst which are the Tamandua of 
the Americans, and the Great Ant-eater ( Myrmecophaga 
jubata , Linn,);—several specimens of the Sloths, ( Bra - 
dypus tridaciylus , Linn.);—also two species of Zebra, 
the one, the true Zebra {Equus zebra, Linn.), inhabiting 
the mountains, the other, the Dauw {Equus Burchellii ), 
the plains of Southern Africa. Of animals of the ru¬ 
minant order, are a very young Giraffe, or Camelo¬ 
pard, brought from Africa by the late lamented Lieut.- 
Col. Denham; several species of Antelope, the Gnu, 
the Small, and the Common Musk, several other kinds 
of Deer; and the Bouquetin des Alpes, or Ibex. Over 
these Cases, in the centre, is placed a specimen of the 
Ethiopian Hog. 
The want of more space in the large Cases, has ren¬ 
dered it necessary to place the smaller species of Mam¬ 
malia, for the present, in the upright Cases between the 
windows on the north side of the room. 
Case 21 contains the smaller species of the Order 
Primates, principally from the New World; as the 
Silky Tamarin, &c., likewise the small insectivorous 
animals, which form part of the order Ferae of Linnaeus; 
as the Shrew Mice; the Tanrec, from Madagascar; the 
common Hedgehog, and the Tupaia, from Sumatra—a 
singular animal, described by the late Sir Stamford 
Raffles, in the Thirteenth Vol. of the Linnaean Trans¬ 
actions.—Several of the weasel tribe are also contained 
in this case, as the Polecat, Martin, Common Weasel, 
and Stoat. The latter animal is of a pale chesnut-brown 
colour in summer, but white in winter, and in that dress 
forms an important article of the fur trade, under the 
well known name of Ermine; the tip of the tail is black 
at all seasons of the year. These animals inhabit the 
northern parts both of Europe and Asia, and are very 
abundant in Norway and Siberia. In the upper part of 
this 
