Part 10

Northcote, an Angel at an Ass 281

Sydney Smith's Donkey with Jeffrey on his back 281

Sydney Smith on the Sagacity of the Ass 283

Sydney Smith's Deers, how he introduced them into his Grounds to gratify Visitors 284

Asses' Duty Free 284

Thackeray on Egyptian Donkey 285

Zebra, a Frenchman's double-entendre 287

CAMELS 287

Captain William Peel, R.N., on Camel 287

Captain in Royal Navy measures the progress of the Ship of the Desert 289

Lord Metcalfe on a Camel when a Boy 290

RED DEER 291

Earl of Dalhousie and the ferocious Stag 291

The French Count and the Stag 293

FALLOW DEER 294

Venison Fat, Reynolds and the Gourmand 294

Goethe on Stag-trench at Frankfort-on-Maine 294

GIRAFFE 295

"Fancy Two Yards of Sore Throat!" 295

SHEEP AND GOAT 295

How many Legs has a Sheep? 296

Goethe on Roos's Etchings of Sheep 296

Lord Cockburn and the Sheep 298

Erskine's Sheep--an Eye to the Woolsack 298

Sandy Wood and his Pet Sheep and Raven 298

General Carnac and She-goat 299

John Hunter and the Shawl-goat 300

Commodore Keppel beards the Dey of Algiers 303