to draw water.
Pure wisdom directed the Servant, and succeeded him in
obtaining the consent of the Parents, Brethren and Kindred of
Rebeccah, that she should go to the Land of Canaan, and become
the Wife of Isaac. And they sent away Rebeccah, their Sister,
with her Damsels and her Nurse, & Abraham's Servant, & his
men, and they rode upon the Camels._--Gen. XXIV.

N.B.--The CAMELS will go from this town this evening.

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In 1796 a mermaid was exhibited in Salem, and in 1800 a cassowary bird.
The admission fee to the latter curiosity was for "grown persons" 12-1/2
cents, and for children 6-1/4 cents. The exact change could then be easily
made, as the Spanish silver ninepences (12-1/2 cents) and fourpence
halfpence (6-1/4 cents) were more common than any other silver pieces. The
American dimes and half-dimes had not at that time got much into
circulation in New England.

NATURAL CURIOSITY.

[Illustration]

_To be seen at Washington Hall, for this day only,_

THE CASSOWARY,

_A Bird, from the East Indies._

ITS height is 5 feet, weighs near 100 pounds; it will eat half
a peck of apples at a meal, swallow whole eggs, also stones
and apples as large as eggs, and jump to a great
height.--Goldsmith says, in his history of Animated Nature, it
has the head of a Warrior, the eye of a Lion, the defence of a
Porcupine, and the swiftness of a Courser.

It is fond of all kinds of vegetables and fruits. It will pick
a pea out of a Child's hand without injury. Many that have
seen it, say it is the greatest curiosity of the kind ever
exhibited here. Children of seven years old can ride
it.--Admittance for grown persons 9 pence--Children half
price.

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--> _The remarkable bird, called the_ CASSOWARY, _now
exhibiting in this town, is described by Goldsmith in his 3d
volume of Animated Nature, page 39, American edition.--After
describing him, the Doctor observes, that "the southern parts
of the most eastern Indies seem to be its natural climate. His
domain, if we may so call it, begins where that of the ostrich
terminates. The latter has never been found beyond the Ganges;
while the Cassowary is never seen nearer than the islands of