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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.

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

CHISWICK: PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM COLLEGE HOUSE.

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