THE CATE MR BARTLET? 
in the remains of extinct animals were similar ceme- 
teries. 
THE CAMELOPARD 
To term this animal the “camel leopard,” as is 
sometimes done, isa grave misreading of the derivation 
of the word, which implies of course a combination of 
the camel and the pard, as Horace says, “ Diversum 
confusa genus panthera camelo.’”’ Leopard itself is 
another such “portmanteau”? word. For it in its 
turn implied a kind of hybrid between the lion and the 
pard. To the ancients such monsters were not in- 
credible. We know that animals so remote will not 
breed together. The Romans apparently first knew 
the giraffe from examples exhibited in the days of 
Julius Cesar. Pliny, who is responsible for this piece 
of information, also thought the giraffe as mild as a. 
sheep in disposition. It is rather timid and nervous 
than mild. The least surprise frightens it greatly; 
and the late Mr. A. D. Bartlett informed the present 
writer that he never thought of suddenly appearing 
in the giraffe house without giving previous warning 
by shuffling of feet and other less terrifying and intro- 
ductory noises, lest the giraffes should bolt and break 
their legs. It is not mild, for it will kick and try to bite. 
At one time the Zoological Society were as successful 
in breeding giraffe as the Dublin Zoo are now in breeding 
lions. In 1836 the first specimens arrived at the Zoo 
at five o’clock in the morning, as witnessed by the 
late Sir Richard Owen. They were conducted thither 
from Blackwall by M. Thibaud and four Africans “ in 
native costume,’ and for about sixty years the stock 
of giraffes derived from these and from others acquired 
subsequently flourished exceedingly. Then they died 
out, and the Mahdi appeared upon the scenes, effectu- 
ally preventing for some time the importation of other 
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