The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

THE LATE MR. COLTON

KING KENULPH'S DAUGHTER

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND

THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

LORD BYRON

JOURNAL OF CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON

ODE TO THE GERMANS

GAZEL

NOTES OF A READER

ADVICE, BY A MAN OF THE WORLD

PETITION TO TIME

THE SPIRIT OF SONG-WRITING

LORD BYRON'S EARLY POEMS

THE ADIEU

FAREWELL TO THE MUSE

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

FUNERAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

THE SKETCH-BOOK

THE PICNIC AT TEMPE

THE GATHERER

Отрывок из книги

CIRCULAR BUILDING FOR LIONS, TIGERS, &c.

INTERIOR OF CIRCULAR BUILDING.

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Another addition is an octagonal walled enclosure, the entrances to which are surmounted by pairs of magnificent horns. Here are cages for large birds, as the Ostrich, Emu, and Cassowary; and foreign pecora, as the Llama and Camel, and a pair of Gnus of great beauty.

Next is an enclosure containing two pair of fine Pelicans, and the solitary kennels of an Alpine and Cuban Dog: the Armadillo house, with a pair of eight-banded inmates: near the latter a sty or cage is preparing for Porcupines. At this extremity of the grounds, is the Deer paddock, with about forty specimens, among which the Axis or spotted varieties are very beautiful. We now reach a picturesque group of rock-work, (See the third Cut), the lower part of which is intended for Beavers, the upper craigs being at present occupied by Vultures and Eagles. The rock-work consists chiefly of granite, with a few masses of the rock of Gibraltar.

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