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The Tower Menagerie : $b comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history. — John Shaqi

The Tower Menagerie : $b comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history.Bennett, Edward Turner

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The Tower Menagerie : $b comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history.

Name: The Tower Menagerie : $b comprising the natural history of the animals contained in that establishment; with anecdotes of their characters and history.
Author: Bennett, Edward Turner

Bennett, Edward Turner

Animal behavior; Tower Menagerie (London, England)

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

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