"The first being a little _Black Man_, being but 3 foot high, and 32 years of age, straight and proportionable every way, who is distinguished by the Name of the _Black Prince_, and has been shewn before most Kings and Princes in Christendom. The next being his wife, the _Little Woman_, NOT 3 foot high, and 30 years of Age, straight and proportionable as any woman in the Land, which is commonly called the _Fairy Queen_; she gives general satisfaction to all that sees her, by Diverting them with Dancing, being big with Child. Likewise their little _Turkey Horse_, being but 2 foot odd inches high, and above 12 years of Age, that shews several diverting and surprising Actions, at the Word of Command. The least Man, Woman, and Horse that ever was seen in the World Alive. _The Horse being kept in a box._ The next being a strange Monstrous Female Creature that was taken in the woods in the Deserts of ÆTHIOPIA in Prester _John's_ Country, in the remotest parts of Africa. The next is the noble _Picary_, which is very much admir'd by the Learned. The next being the noble _Jack-call_, the Lion's Provider, which hunts in the Forest for the Lion's Prey. Likewise a small _Egyptian Panther_, spotted like a _Leopard_. The next being a strange, monstrous creature, brought from the _Coast of Brazil_, having a Head like a Child, Legs and Arms very wonderful, with a Long Tail like a Serpent, wherewith he Feeds himself, as an _Elephant_ doth with his Trunk. With several other Rarities too tedious to mention in this Bill. "And as no such Collection was ever shewn in this Place before, we hope they will give you content and satisfaction, assuring you, that they are the greatest Rarities that ever was shewn alive in this Kingdom, and are to be seen from nine o'clock in the Morning, till 10 at Night, where true Attendance shall be given during our stay in this Place, which will be very short. _Long live the_ QUEEN." The proprietors of menageries and circuses are always amusing, if not very lucid, when they set forth in type the attractions of their shows. The owner of the rarities exhibited over against the Mews Gate in the reign of Queen Anne was no exception to the rule. The picary and the jack-call may be readily identified as the peccary and the jackal, but "a strange monstrous female creature" defies recognition, even with the addition that it was brought from Prester John's country. The Brazilian wonder may be classified with safety with the long-tailed monkeys, especially as another and shorter advertisement, in the 'Spectator,' describes it a little more explicitly as a satyr. It was, probably, a spider monkey, one variety of which is said, by Humboldt, to use its prehensile tail for the purpose of picking insects out of crevices. The Harleian Collection contains the following announcement of a performing horse:--