Travelogues; . BEFORE THE REVIEW a gift from the so-called Living-God of Lhassa to hisfriend, the learned and influential Russian Prince. Dazzledand for the moment docile, the animals, as we see them inthe courtyard, do not uphold their reputation as the mostsavage of their kind ; but the old man who came with themfrom Asia tells of many fearful things that these untamablebrutes have done. Strangely enough, the very day these ST. PETERSBURG 83 shaggy colts arrived, — the first ever successfully exported,—two representatives of Hagenbecks Menagerie reachedPetersburg, en route to Mongolia, their
Travelogues; . BEFORE THE REVIEW a gift from the so-called Living-God of Lhassa to hisfriend, the learned and influential Russian Prince. Dazzledand for the moment docile, the animals, as we see them inthe courtyard, do not uphold their reputation as the mostsavage of their kind ; but the old man who came with themfrom Asia tells of many fearful things that these untamablebrutes have done. Strangely enough, the very day these ST. PETERSBURG 83 shaggy colts arrived, — the first ever successfully exported,—two representatives of Hagenbecks Menagerie reachedPetersburg, en route to Mongolia, their mission being tosecure if possible a pair of these wild horses. I fear, had Ibeen in the Princes place, I should have cut short thejourney of the circus-men by turning over to them theseembarrassing gifts of the Grand BEFORE THE REVIEW Thanks to a few such influential personages as those Ihave named I secured that rarest of privileges, the rightto carry sundry infernal-looking boxes, containing photo-graphic instruments within the cordon drawn round theChamp-de-Mars on the occasion of the great annual reviewheld on the first day of May. We had spent the first threedays preceding the review in watching the troops at practice 84 ST. PETERSBURG
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