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THE TOWER MENAGERIE.




                                   THE
                            TOWER MENAGERIE:

                               COMPRISING
                           THE NATURAL HISTORY
                                 OF THE
                ANIMALS CONTAINED IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT;

                                  WITH
               Anecdotes of their Characters and History.

                             ILLUSTRATED BY
         PORTRAITS OF EACH, TAKEN FROM LIFE, BY WILLIAM HARVEY;
              AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY BRANSTON AND WRIGHT.

                             [Illustration]

                                 LONDON:
                  PRINTED FOR ROBERT JENNINGS, POULTRY;
                   AND SOLD BY W. F. WAKEMAN, DUBLIN.
                              M DCCC XXIX.

                                CHISWICK:
                     PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM
                             COLLEGE HOUSE.




                             [Illustration]

                                   TO
                       HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
                         KING GEORGE THE FOURTH,
                                   THE
               MUNIFICENT PATRON OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES,

                              This Volume,

        IN WHICH IT IS ATTEMPTED TO COMBINE BOTH ART AND SCIENCE
                                 IN THE
                  ILLUSTRATION OF HIS ROYAL MENAGERIE,

                                   IS,
               BY HIS MAJESTY’S MOST GRACIOUS PERMISSION,
                            HUMBLY INSCRIBED.




CONTENTS.


                                         PAGE

    INTRODUCTION                           ix

    BENGAL LION                             1

    LIONESS AND CUBS                       11

    CAPE LION                              17

    BARBARY LIONESS                        24

    TIGER                                  25

    LEOPARD                                35

    JAGUAR                                 41

    PUMA                                   49

    OCELOT                                 53

    CARACAL                                57

    CHETAH, OR HUNTING LEOPARD             61

    STRIPED HYÆNA                          71

    HYÆNA-DOG                              77

    SPOTTED HYÆNA                          81

    AFRICAN BLOODHOUND                     83

    WOLF                                   89

    CLOUDED BLACK WOLF                     93

    JACKAL                                 97

    CIVET, OR MUSK CAT                     99

    JAVANESE CIVET                        103

    GRAY ICHNEUMON                        105

    PARADOXURUS                           107

    BROWN COATI                           109

    RACOON                                111

    AMERICAN BLACK BEAR                   115

    GRIZZLY BEAR                          121

    THIBET BEAR                           129

    BORNEAN BEAR                          133

    EGRET MONKEY?                         144

    COMMON MACAQUE                        145

    BONNETED MONKEY, VAR.                 146

    BONNETED MONKEY                       147

    PIG-FACED BABOON                      148

    BABOON                                149

    WHITE-HEADED MONGOOS                  151

    KANGUROO                              155

    PORCUPINE                             161

    ASIATIC ELEPHANT                      163

    ZEBRA OF THE PLAINS                   177

    LLAMA                                 181

    RUSA-DEER                             185

    INDIAN ANTELOPE                       191

    AFRICAN SHEEP                         197

    GOLDEN EAGLE                          201

    GREAT SEA-EAGLE                       202

    BEARDED GRIFFIN                       203

    GRIFFON VULTURE                       205

    SECRETARY                             209

    VIRGINIAN HORNED OWL                  213

    DEEP-BLUE MACAW                       215

    BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW                 217

    YELLOW-CRESTED COCKATOO               219

    NEW HOLLAND EMEU                      221

    CRESTED CRANE                         225

    PELICAN                               227

    ALLIGATOR                             231

    INDIAN BOA                            233

    ANACONDA                              237

    RATTLESNAKE                           239




INTRODUCTION.


The origin of Menageries dates from the most remote antiquity. Their
existence may be traced even in the obscure traditions of the fabulous
ages, when the contests of the barbarian leader with his fellow-men were
relieved by exploits in the chase scarcely less adventurous, and when
the monster-queller was held in equal estimation with the warrior-chief.
The spoils of the chase were treasured up in common with the trophies