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 of the fight; and the captive brute occupied his station by the side of the vanquished hero. It was soon discovered that the den and the dungeon were not the only places in which this link of connexion might be advantageously preserved, and the strength and ferocity of the forest beast were found to be available as useful auxiliaries even in the battle-field. The only difficulty to be surmounted in the application of this new species of brute force to the rude conflicts of the times consisted in giving to it the wished-for direction; and for this purpose it was necessary that the animals to be so employed should be confined in what may be considered as a kind of Menagerie, there to be rendered subservient to the control, and obedient to the commands, of their masters.