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opening the stomach it was empty, with the exception of some 
oil (administered previous to my being called), and a piece of 
hoop-iron much corroded, about one inch long and half inch wide. 
At the pyloric extremity the bilious coat had sloughed consider¬ 
ably, and portion of the wall was much blackened. I therefore 
concluded that the piece of iron had, by continued irritation, 
caused chronic inflammation, from which the animal died. 
A VISIT TO BARNUM’S WINTER HEADQUARTERS. 
BIRTH OF THE BABY ELEPHANT. 
By M. Bunker, B.S., D.Y.S. 
It is not the good fortune of all the readers of your paper to 
be able to see Barnum’s late aguval, nor to glean all the facts 
which one can, who has had the chance to spend an afternoon at 
the winter quarters of the great American showman, and have a 
quiet talk with those in charge of the animals. 
I had the good fortune to make a trip to the winter quarters 
a short time after the advent of the second baby elephant into 
the world, and while there I gained some information which I 
hope you may think worthy of a place in your Review. 
The babe was born at 8 p. m., February 2. 
About three o’clock that afternoon the keepers noticed the 
appearance of a secretion in the mammary glands, which at that 
time was watery in character. About six p. m. the Queen was 
noticed to have some little labor pains. They were, however, 
slight in character, and not very frequent, not interfering with 
her appetite, as she fed up to the time of delivery. 
About eight she lay down on her hind parts, and in this 
position the little stranger was delivered, the actual time of de¬ 
livery being only about ten minutes. 
As the foetus passed through the pelvis and over the ischial 
border, its form was distinctly outlined, and it was so high up 
that to Mr. Arstingstall it seemed as if it were coming through 
the rectum. Such was not the case. 
