he fossil state, but so admirably
restored by Mr Hawkins for the Crystal Palace.

We need not dwell on the admirable adaptation of the ant-eater to its
position and to its few and simple wants. To those who have not studied
"the works of the Lord," it may appear uncouth and unattractive.
Compared with a dog, it is stupid; and alongside of a lion, it is slow.
It has not the symmetry of the horse, nor the beautiful markings of the
zebra and leopard. But its Creator has given it the instincts, the form,
the muscular powers, and the colours which best answer its purpose. And
no one can say that it is plain and ugly, who looks at its legs so
prettily variegated with white and black, and its noble black collar.

Those of our readers who wish further information will find it in the
_Literary Gazette_ for October 8, 1853. In that article it is easy to
recognise the Roman hand of the _facile princeps_ among living
comparative anatomists. Long may it be before either of our new
acquaintances in the Garden afford him a subject for dissection; but
when that day arrives, we hope that he will not delay to publish the
memoir.[187]--_A. White, in "Excelsior" (with additions)._

FOOTNOTES:

[183] Sydney Smith, "Review of Waterton's Wanderings." _Edinburgh
Review_, 1826. Works, vol. ii. p. 145.

[184] From [Greek: myrmex], ant; [Greek: phago], I eat; _jubata_, maned.

[185] "Wanderings in South America" (Third Journey), p. 159, (ed. 1839).

[186] "A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro," by Alfred R.
Wallace, 1853, p. 452.

RHINOCEROS AND ELEPHANT.

Two genera of the bulkiest among terrestrial beasts. Just imagine the
great rhinoceros at the Zoological Gardens taking it into its head, with
that little eye, target hide, and bulky bones, and other items about it,
to fondle its keeper!--he was nearly crushed to death. How the great
thick-skinned creature enjoys a bath!

As for the elephant, he is a mountain of matter as well as of animal
intelligence. Sir Emerson Tennant in his "Ceylon," but especially in his
"Natural History," volumes, has given some truly readable chapters on
the Asiatic elephant. We could have extracted many an anecdote, even
from recent works, of the intelligent sagacity of the Indian as well as
the African elephants. The account of the shooting of Mr Cross's
well-known elephant _Chunie_, at Exeter Change, has been very curiously
and fully detailed by Hone in his "Every-Day Book." A skull