And for the garden whence his course is led,
And banks of _Rhine_ with vines o'erspread.
Take _Loire_ and _Po_, yet all may not compare
With English _Thames_ for buildings rare.

STORER.

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The Naturalist.

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QUADRUPEDS AND BIRDS FEEDING ON SHELL-FISH.


It is nothing surprising that the different species of walrus,
inhabitants of the ocean, should feed partly on shell-fish, but perhaps
you would not expect to find among their enemies animals strictly
terrestrial. Yet the oran otang and the preacher monkey often descend to
the sea to devour what shell-fish they may find strewed upon the shores.
The former, according to Carreri Gemelli, feed in particular upon a
large species of oyster, and fearful of inserting their paws between the
open valves, lest the oyster should close and crush them, they first
place a tolerably large stone within the shell, and then drag out their
victim with safety. The latter are no less ingenious. Dampier saw