magnificent horns. Here are cages for large
birds, as the Ostrich, Emu, and Cassowary; and foreign _pecora_, as the
Llama and Camel, and a pair of Gnus of great beauty.

Next is an enclosure containing two pair of fine Pelicans, and the
solitary kennels of an Alpine and Cuban Dog: the Armadillo house, with a
pair of eight-banded inmates: near the latter a sty or cage is preparing
for Porcupines. At this extremity of the grounds, is the Deer paddock,
with about forty specimens, among which the Axis or spotted varieties are
very beautiful. We now reach a picturesque group of rock-work, (_See the
third Cut_), the lower part of which is intended for Beavers, the upper
craigs being at present occupied by Vultures and Eagles. The rock-work
consists chiefly of granite, with a few masses of the rock of Gibraltar.

Of the lake, hermitage, and boathouse we have already spoken. The long, or
rather semicircular, glazed building is now finished for the Monkeys, as
is an adjoining house for large birds of prey: here we should notice a
fine Ruppell Vulture, from Senegal, (named after Major Ruppell, the
celebrated traveller in Africa,) a chanting Falcon from Brazil, and a
white Hawk, from New Holland, the latter especially rare in this country.

Among the improvements we ought not to omit the affixing of the scientific
and popular names to the abodes of the respective animals. This is one of
the beneficial results of the honorary aid of Messrs. Swainson and Gray,
the distinguished zoologists.

By the way, there has been in these grounds a Fancy Fair with the laudable
object of aiding the funds for the repair of the Ladye Chapel of St.
Saviour's Southwark. We anxiously hope the _faire ladyes_ were successful
in their appeal to the fancy of their visiters.

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THE LATE MR. COLTON.

(_To the Editor_.)

Having observed in several papers and periodicals, (amongst which is _The
Mirror_, No. 553,) sketches of "the late Mr. Colton," and none of these
tending, in my opinion, to convey a correct idea of the character of this
extraordinary man; allow me to offer you a slight sketch of the latter
period of his life.

I am aware I shall be met by many with the squeamish proverb, _De mortuis
nil nisi bonum_; though I am not disposed at this moment to enter on a
discussion of the merits of this received axiom. Shakspeare tells us "The
evil that men do, lives after them."

Mr. Colton, or as he was