Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 300
awny orange color, beautifully spotted and marked. They were driven around the arena ingilded chariots by their Ethiopian drivers, andwere such an odd combination of the body of acamel and the spots of a leopard that the people,who gazed upon them in wonder and surprise,gave to the strange beasts… … Vol. XIII.—49. A HERD OF GIRAFFES. I tK THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN. [August, comes our word giraffe, the popular name nowgiven to the odd-looking beast that the boy-em-peror exhibited in his circus sixteen centuries ago. It is indeed a curious animal. Its chief char-acteristics arc its length of neck…
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