being furnished by E.T. Bennett, Esq. the vice-secretary.
The present number contains Engravings and Descriptions of the
Chinchilla, (about which all our lady-friends will be very curious);
the Ratel; the Wanderoo Monkey; the Hare-Indian Dogs, the Barbary Mouse;
the Condor; the Crested Curassow; the Red and Blue Macaw; the Red and
Yellow Macaw: all these and the tailpieces or vignettes appended to the
descriptions, are beautifully engraved. The Quadrupeds are, perhaps,
the most successful--the group of Hare-Indian Dogs, for instance, is
exquisitely characteristic. Of the literary portion of the work we
intend to present our readers with a specimen in our next number.
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CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF AN OYSTER CATCHING THREE MICE; AND A LOBSTER CATCHING
AN OYSTER.
(_For the Mirror._)
Borlase, in his _Natural History of Cornwall_, page 274, says, "The
oyster has the power of closing the two parts of its shell with
prodigious force, by means of a strong muscle at the hinge; and Mr.
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