St Nicholas [serial] . who hold their headsso much higher in the world than any other livingcreatures, do not feel the necessity of making soundsto express their sentiments. There are some sen-timents which they can express admirably withtheir heels. I did not spend much time at the ElephantHouse, where not only elephants, but some otherlarge animals, who do not care for meat, seem tobe enjoying themselves in a quiet way. Therewere two large elephants and two little fellows—one of them just about big enough for a boy andhis little sister to ride. He was about as high as atable, and would have
St Nicholas [serial] . who hold their headsso much higher in the world than any other livingcreatures, do not feel the necessity of making soundsto express their sentiments. There are some sen-timents which they can express admirably withtheir heels. I did not spend much time at the ElephantHouse, where not only elephants, but some otherlarge animals, who do not care for meat, seem tobe enjoying themselves in a quiet way. Therewere two large elephants and two little fellows—one of them just about big enough for a boy andhis little sister to ride. He was about as high as atable, and would have been very glad, I expect, tohave had some boys and girls to play with I had seen many elephants, and so I passed onto another animal with whom I was not at allfamiliar. This was the rhinoceros, and an enormous creat-ure he was. His body is nearly as big as that of anelephant, though he is not so tall, for his legs arcvery short. He is of a muddy mouse-color, andhis skin seems as thick as a board floor. He has. LEOPARDS. >ne peculiarity which is not, I think, generallyaiown. It is said that the giraffe is one of the[uietest creatures on earth, for he has never beenmown to utter a sound of any kind, under any cir- very small eyes, a big head and nose, and one ofthe most dreadful mouths you ever looked into. Ihappened to look into it, for he yawned just as Istopped in front of him, and I assure you that 656 A VILLAGE OF WILD ! E A S T S. [August,
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