. The popular natural history . Zoology. iSr. THE GIRAFFES. they are at once removed, will often decamp of thcr own ^^'^O'-f; S°me times a whole flock will thus escape, and, by . '"^rvellous ;n?Hnrt vdll make their way to their old quarters, unharmed, except pei- chancebrso"et'^. ^'^"'^S: MEKINO, OR SPAMISH SHtEP. The very young lambs are not without their value, although they furnish no wool, for their skins are prepared and sent to France and England, where %ey are manufactured into gloves, and called by the name of " ; GIRAFFES. Tallest of all earthly
. The popular natural history . Zoology. iSr. THE GIRAFFES. they are at once removed, will often decamp of thcr own ^^'^O'-f; S°me times a whole flock will thus escape, and, by . '"^rvellous ;n?Hnrt vdll make their way to their old quarters, unharmed, except pei- chancebrso"et'^. ^'^"'^S: MEKINO, OR SPAMISH SHtEP. The very young lambs are not without their value, although they furnish no wool, for their skins are prepared and sent to France and England, where %ey are manufactured into gloves, and called by the name of " ; GIRAFFES. Tallest of all earthly dwellers, the Giraffe erects its stately head far above any animal that walks the face of the globe. It is an inhabitant of various parts of Africa, and is evidently a unique being, comprising in itself an entire tribe. The colour of the coat is slightly different in the specimens which inhabit the northern and the southern portions of Africa, the southern animal being rather darker than its northern relative. The height of a full-grown male Giraffe is from eighteen to twenty feet, the female being somewhat less in her dimensions. The greater part of this enormous stature is obtained by the extraordinarily long neck, which is nevertheless possessed of only seven vertebras, as in ordinary animals. Those bones are, however, exHremely elongated, and their articulation is admirably. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. New York, Burt Co
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