The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 552, June 16, 1832 by Various
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See 11616-h.htm or 11616-h.zip: (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/6/1/11616/11616-h/11616-h.htm) or (http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/1/1/6/1/11616/11616-h.zip) THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. VOL. 19. No. 552.] SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1832. [PRICE 2d. * * * * * THE BRAHMIN BULL, IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK. [Illustration: THE BRAHMIN BULL, IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.] The Zoological Society possess several _Zebus_, or Indian oxen. These were formerly considered a distinct species, but zoologists are now of opinion that the Zebu is merely a variety of the common ox, "although," as Mr. Bennett observes, "it is difficult to ascertain the causes by which the distinctive characters of the two races have been in the |
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