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panion, for he is both faucy and furly; and therefore we would advise none of our friends to take him by the tooth.

In the laft den of this yard may be feen Sir RICHARD, a fine young Tyger prefented to his Majefty by the Earl of Northumberland.

From this range of dens, you are carried into the next yard, and shewn:

1. Mifs FANNY, a beautiful young lioness, brought from Bombay by captain Webb, and presented to his prefent majefty. This is a comely lafs, and good tempered, but she is somewhat lame, occafioned by her paws being feared, when young, with a red hot iron by the negroe who took her, which was done, we are told, to make her tame; and tame she is, indeed more fo than many of the human race. Shew me a man, or if you please, a woman, who would ftand ftill, and without refiftance fuffer their mouths to be opened and a dose of nasty phyfic thrust down their throats? yet Fanny fuffered this and more, patiently; for fome time ago, when she feemed indifpofed, and refufed to eat her meat, the two keepers commenced doctors, and having prepared a drink for her, one opened her jaws with his hands, while the other poured it down her throat; and this dofe they repeated four different times, without any other oppofition from the good natured creature than a four look, and a growl of disapprobation.

In a second den you are fhewn a large wolf from -Saxony, in form not unlike a dog of a mixed breed. 0 These are ravenous creatures, which inhabit the immenfe forefts in Germany and other parts, and are a terror to men and cattle. In the fevere feason of the year, when the frofts and fnows have locked up every kind of vegetable, these creatures come from the woods, and fall ravenously upon every living thing

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they meet. Children have been torn from the breasts of their mothers by them upon the road; and they have even entered houfes in fearch of food.

The third den is occupied by HECTOR, a fine young lion, fent as a prefent to his majesty from the emperor of Morocco.

Next to him you are fhewn Mifs JENNY, a Bengal tygrefs, brought from Madrafs by governor Piggot, and prefented to his majefty as a great curiofity. She is a most beautiful creature, far exceeding any other in the whole collection.

In the next den, you are fhewn NERO, the emperor, the oldeft lion in the Tower, now greatly upon the decline. He was brought from the river Gambia in Africa, and is of a noble and majestic appearance. His looks ftrike the ftouteft beholder with aftonishing awe. His head is large, being covered with a long fhagged mane that reaches to his fhoulders, and, in my opinion, adds rather to the terror than majefty of his countenance; for his eyes being very fiery and far fet into his head, and darting as it were a kind of red flame through his long, fhaggy, and difhevelled hair, raises fuch an idea of fierceness, as cannot be excited in the mind unaccompanied with fear; nor do I conceive it poffible for human courage to encounter a creature of such a dreadful afpect, without the intervention of fome lucky circumftance, notwithstanding the ftories that have been told of men killing lions in equal combat. His mouth opens wide, and difcovers a frightful fet of teeth, and when he roars (which he generally does, if not difturbed or interrupted by company) about five in the evening, he may be heard at a great diftance; indeed the voice of the lion is faid to be fo terrible, when wild in the foreft, that all creatures that hear it tremble. The lion we are speaking of, if I do not mistake in defcribing

fcribing him, is a kind of yellowish cream-colour, about four feet high, his body small in proportion to his head, but his legs have the appearance of amazing ftrength; his large muscles being very visible through the skin that covers them. The bone of his fore-leg feems to be about the bignefs of a man's wrift, and his fore-feet are armed with five prodigious claws, fheathed like those of a cat, with which he feizes his prey like that animal; his hinder feet with only four. This ftately creature had his fhoulder flipped by an accident, which makes him go lame, and feemingly in pain, yet he appears to be very gentle and tractable to his feeder, and will lie down to let him play with him like a spaniel; but I would advise no ftranger to be fo familiar with these beafts; for there are fome whose countenances they do not like at firft fight and therefore when they have conceived a difguft, it would be dangerous to come within their reach: and yet I have heard of men that have been fo fool-hardly when they have been to fee this terrible beaft, as to pluck a lock of his mane.

It is reported, that a spaniel dog being once thrown 3. into a former lion's den in the Tower, inftead of hurting it, the lion cherished it, and contracted fuch a fondness for it, that he would never fuffer it to be taken out again, but fed it at his table till he died, which was not till feveral years after.

The next den is inhabited by a leopard and leopardefs, two beautiful creatures fent to his prefent majefty by the dey of Algiers, and presented by the late Algerine ambaffador.

You are next fhewn a young he-leopard, named SIR ROBERT, which was brought from Tripoly by t Capt. Birch, and prefented to the late king. This is a most beautiful creature, of a fhining yellow co 11our intermixed with bright fpots.

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In the next den is Mifs Lucy, a panther, from Buenos Ayres. She is a most beautiful creature, her coat being of a fhining yellow colour, decorated with great variety of round black spots, each enclosed in a compartment of an hexagonal form. Though Mifs Lucy is pretty in appearance, fhe has fome fly, mifchievous tricks. She is furly even to the keepers, and very lately tore a woman's arm in a terrible manner, who attempted to be familiar with her. This we thought proper to mention, as a caution to others.

You are next fhewn CLEONY, a young lionefs from the coaft of Barbary, which is very tame, and full of play. This creature is esteemed very beautiful, her coat being of a cream colour, with brown fpots. She was presented to her present majesty by the earl of Bute.

There was formerly fhewn here a black bear, brought from New-York by capt. Lee, and prefented to the Duke of York, who gave it to his majefty. This creature was very docile, and would open the door of his den, and do feveral other feats at the word of command; but he was not fo droll and dextrous as the Maryland bear, for which this account is preserved; for that creature would fhew you the humours of the beggars on Tower Hill, would make the fidefteps in the Pruffian exercife, and ufually clofed his entertainment with a fine boarding-fchool courtesy.

The next creature fhewn you, is a capuchin Monkey, which is all that now remains of the famous school of apes, with which the public has been fo often entertained, Befides the creature above mentioned, this school originally confifted of two Egyptian night-walkers, and two apes from Turkey. Of the largest of these creatures they used to tell abundance of very furprifihg ftories; and indeed thefe fort of animals are capable of such variety of droll imitations

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of human actions, that their whimfical tricks, were they to be remembred, would fill a volume. The male Egyptian having one day broke his chain, in the twinkling of an eye mounted to the top of one of the offices, and there fet his keepers at defiance. When they prepared to fet ladders to attack him by ftorm, he played the tiles about their heads with fuch dexterity, ftrength, and nimbleness, that he fairly beat them off; when they attempted to surprise him by ftratagem, he was no lefs vigilant than before he had been active, and discovered as much fagacity in defeating their plots, as he had fhewn courage in oppofing their attacks. Finding him neither to be overcome by force or ftratagem, they had recourfe to milder methods, and thought to entice him down by feafting his companions openly in his fight; but that too failed of fuccefs. He feemed to divert himself much, by the chattering he made, in baffling all the arts they could devife to catch him; and at length, after untiling almost all the place, and laughing as long as he thought proper at thofe that thought themfelves wiser than himself, he came very orderly down and retired to his own apartment.-But what often furprizsd, and indeed infinitely delighted the keeper, was an amour he had with a favourite female of his own fpeceies, by whom, after more than twenty years fruitless endeavours, he at length had iffue. The little ape fhe brought forth was esteemed the greatest curiofity the kingdom ever produced; these animals having never been known to breed in thefe cold regions before. Nobody fufpected the pregnancy of the dam till she had brought forth her young one, which she nurfed with the fame tenderness as mothers do infants, and much in the fame manner. She carried it in her arms and sometimes on her back, and danced it round the room with much drollery; but what is

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