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      Zoological Anecdotes. Zoological Notes A...

      the moment the lid was removed out jumped a creature about the size ^ of an Eng lish sheep-dog , covered with long shaggy hair , of a brownish colour , llns jasj voun-bear , bom on Mount Lebanon , in Syria , a few months before , who ^ ad now arrived to receive his education at our learned University . The moment that lie was released from his irksome attitude in the hamper , he jnade thejixpst of has liberty , ' and < the door of the room being open , he rushed off down the cloisters Service was going on in ' the chapel , and ,, attracted by the pealing . organ , or some other motive , he made at once for the chapel . Just as he arrived at the door the stout verger happened to come thither from within , and the moment he saw the impish looking creature that was running into his domain , he made a tremendous flourish with his silver wand , and darting into the chapel ensconced Mmself in a

      tall pew , the door of which he bolted . Tiglath . Pileser ( as the bear was called ) being scared by the wand , turned from the chapel , and scampered frantically about the large quadrangle , putting to flight the numerous parties of dogs , who in those days made that spot their afternoon rendezvous . After a sharp chase a gown was thrown over Tig , and he was with difficulty secured . During the struggle be got one of the fingers of his new master into his mouth , and —? did he bite it off 7 No , poor thing ! but began vigorously sucking it , with that peculiar mumbling noise for which bears are remarkable . Thus was he led back to Mr . Buckland ' s rooms , walking all the way on his hind legs , and sucking the finger with all his might . A collar was put round his neckand Tig became a prisoner . His good nature and amusing

      , tricks soon made him a prime favourite with the under-graduates y a cap and gown were made , attired in which ( to the great scandal of the dons ) he accompanied his master to breakfasts and wine parties , where he contributed greatly to the amusement of the company , and partook of good things , his favourite viands being muffins and ices . He was in general of an amiable disposition , but subject to fits of rage , during which his violence was extreme ; but a kind word , and a finger to suck , soon brought linn round . He was most impatient of solitude , and would cry for hours when left alone , particularly if'it was dark . It was this unfortunate propensity which brought him into especial disfavour with the Dean of Christchurcb , whose Greek quantities and hours of rest were sadly disturbed by Tig's

      lamentations . , : " On one occasion he was kept in college till after the gates had been shut , and there was no possibility of getting him out without the porter seeing him , when there would have been a fine of ten shillings to pay the next morning ; for during this term an edict had gdne'fqrth against dogs , and the authorities , not being learned in zoology , could not be persuaded that a bear was not a dog . Tig was , therefore , tied up in a court-yard near his master ' s rooms , but . that gentleman was soon brought out by his piteous cries , and could not pacify him in any other way than by bringing him into his rooms ; and at bed-time Tig-was chaiffed to the post and tlien

      at the bottom of-the bed , where he remained quiet till daylight , shuffling on to the bed awoke l » is master by licking his face : he took no notiee , Landj > resently Tig deliberately put his hind legs under the blankets , and covered himself up ; there he remained till chapel time , when his master left him , and on . his return found that the young gentleman had been amusing himself during his solitude by overturning everything he could get at in the room , and , apparently , had had a quarrel and fight with the looking-glass , which was broken to pieces and the woodwork bitten all over . The perpetrator , of all this havoc sat on the bed , looking exceedingly innocent , but rocking backwards and forwards as if conscious of guilt

      and doubtful of the consequences . ¦' ,. / " Near to Tig ' s house there was a little monkey tied to a tree , and Jacko ' s great amusement was to make grimaces at Tig ; and when the latter composed himself to sleep in the warm sunshine , Jacko would cautiously descend from the tree , and twisting his fingers in Tig ' s long hair , would give him a sharp pull and in a moment be up the tree again , chattering and clattering his chain . Tij ^ s anger was most amusing—he would run backwards and forwards oh his hind legs , sucking his paws , and with his eyes fixed on Jacko , uttering all sorts of threats and imprecations , to the great delight of the monkey . He would then again endeavour to take a nap , only to be again disturbed by his little tormeutor . However , these two animals established a trace , became excellent friends , and would sit for half-anhour together confronting each other , apparently holding a conversation . At the

      commencement of the long vacation , Tig , with the other members of the University , retired into the country , and was daily taken out for a walk round the village , to the great astonishment of the bumpkins . There was a little shop , kept by an old dame who sold whipcord , sugar-candy , and other matters , and here , on one occasion , Tig was treated to sugar-candy . Soon afterwards he got loose , and at once made off for the shop , into which he burnt , to the unutterable terror * , of the spectacled and high-capped old lady , who was knitting stockings behind the counter ; the moment she saw his shaggy head , and heard the appalling clatter of his chain , she rushed up stairs in a delirium of terror . When assistance arrived , the offender was discovered seated on the counter , helping himself most liberally to brown sugar ; and it was with some difficulty , and af ter much resistance , that ho was dragged away . " •¦¦ .

      _ _ . , _ . Alas ! the Dons of Christchurch , indifferent to Tig's fascinations—or iealous perhaps of the presence of any other bear in the University not belonging to their own breed—insisted on Tig ' s expulsion . Oxford knew Tig no more . Its cloisters no longer echoed the dear growls . Tig was banishod ; his cap and gown were torn from him , and he waB " Sent off to the Zoological Gardens , Regent ' s Park ; hero ho was placed in a comfortable den by himself ; but , alas ! he missed the society to which ho had been accustomed , the excitement of a college life , and the numerous channs by which the University was endeared to him ; he refused his food ; ran perpetually up and down his den in the vain hope to escape , and was one morning found dead , a victim to" a broken heart . " , .

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      India In Greece. India In Greece; Or, Tr...

      INDIA IN GREECE . India in Greece ; or , Truth in Mythology . Containing the Sources of the Hellenic R ace , tho Colonization ofJSyypt and Palestine , tho Ware of the Grec , tjplam ( i , and the Budhistio Propaganda , in Greece . By E . Pococko . J . J . OrJmn & Co . Tub ingenious futilities which once amused some restless intellects , banished by the Positive Conceptions which now reigu in soience , have found a last refuge in etymology . It is no longer fashionablo to dabble in astrology , but etymology presonts a wide and attractive field . Anero tho intellect which resents the limit of fact may roam at large ) there the ingenuity which loves facile discovery , and dislikes the onorous duty of confrontation with realities , may find inexhaustible employment' By " *© , aid of statistics it is said one can prove anything . Hj the aid of

      etymology * there is no absurdity whicK cannot have its erudition And although we may smile at the extravagances of scholars , it is difficult ^ affix the line where tjie legitimate use of etymology ends . VlSfo one donV » + ^ that words are " fossil history 5 ' ^ tha * righ ^ understood , ihey inav lm taken as monuments and landmarks i 6 f an ancient , civilization ; and tf w may dig fro ^ un ^ r Ifch ^ we to asceirtam When . im ^ rptj * changes , again , which wpxd <^ undergo ^ a ^ we may be certain of the series undergone , we , are' yet start ^ d ^ t the contrasts of the result , ( e . g . * almsfiom ^ leemo ^ unet iwig fjeom i ? # ^ ea , ) and cannot therefore fix a limit tothe caprices of ingenuity itt ^ twisting words at will * so that Hprne Tooke ' s celebrated , derivation of Pickled Cucumber from King Jeremiah ( Jeremiah Kinsi Jernr yKrnt *

      Jerkin , Gerkin ) , is a legitimate parody of many serious derivations upon which are based historicaltheories . Thus Mr * Ppcocke , in the very erudite and extremely abBUr 4 volume before us , is every byway of Greece . Even poor Philip of Macedonia the father of Alexander , was no " loverpfhorses , ' ^ but Hhih ' -pos-- ^ i . e ; >^ Bliilprince * the Bhil Brahmins haying , we are told , colonised Macedonia . The inhabitants of Attica , so proud of being true " children ; of the so'ih " auiocthons , Mr . Pococke will prove to you were nothing but Aiiactkans i people of the land of Attac , a town on the banks of the Indus , nine hundred and

      fortvtwo miles from the sea , as we are precisely , informed . Nor have the Boeotians any more claim to native ^ ^ stupidity-r-itwas aninherited stupidity after all , they boasted pi I as , mdeed , tkeir ^ not ( read aright ) Baihootians , or people of Behoot P and is apt Behoot a river of the Punjaub P and does this not prove that India is in Greece P especially if you add thereto , as Mr . Pococke does , ihestrilcmg fact that Goriiith * or Corinthw , is Cor Indus— -i . e ., the coasti eitretc . iiiiig . from the Cori to the Indus P ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' - ^\ ¦• ¦; . - ¦ . ;> -- > > ..: : > . ' ::- ;;¦ ¦ .- ' ¦ - : ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . -, ' . Meanwhile , although" a lauglx is all we can give to ingenuities like these —• and India in Greece abounds in such- ^ ii still remains true that traces

      of India are abundant in the Greek language , and that scholarship is worthily employed in sifting them ; therefpjre we indicate Mr 4 ; |* bc 6 cke ' 8 volume to the curious student as one both of interest anderiiditipn ; if it fail to gain converts , if it excite many a smile * on the other hand it will suggest thought * and amuse the acholar . ; ^ T "

      Books On Our Table. Iafe In Bombayrand T...

      BOOKS ON OUR TABLE . IAfe in Bombayrand the Neighbouring < Outr-statidns . Bentley . Is we gave works a space proportionalto the magnificence of their appearance rather than to the significance of the contents , this pplendid and Oriental looking Volume would claim columns ; but pursuing our old and well-defined plani we can onlygive the book a few linej . the Life it professes torepaint will doubtless he interesting to those who ai « fortraiate enough to be able to interpret its vague and feeble sketches into something like a conception of the original ; but for ourselves , we have been fairly nonplussed . We never were m Bombay ; thian author has certainly not carried us there . The Htafbrmation he gives is meagite * the style slip-slop ; the Whole book ineffective . Some good lithographs of Indian scenery are the must attractive pagea in the Volume . : Protection and Communism . FromthrFrenchofM . Bastiat . With a Preface by the Translator , J . W . Parker and Son . M . Bastiat , one of the most renowned of UPrericH EcdhoiniBts , has here ! endeavoured to discredit Protection by establishing the identity tof its principles with that of Communism . Throughout , the reader feels tme ^ s / at ; the " ¦ ¦ jtojpdtmi - No points of coincidence which ingenuity can discover will ever-present men seeing that the two systems are fundamentally opposed . Protection 1 s good for landlords only , and is a class " cry " : Communism , by its very principle , aims at the good of all , and is a social " cry . ' * •; The Slingsby Papers :. A SolectW fromthe Writing ? of Jpnathan ^^ I ^^ Jco .

      A bbpbint of several papers from The Dublin University Magazine , on Christmas and other f & te days . Travels in Tartary , Thioet , and China , during the years 1844-6 . By M . Hue * TranBlated from tho French by W , . HazUtt . tfol . " - ^^^ Illu 8 txfttcd Library This , the second volume of Mr . Hazlitt ' a translation of Hue ' s sing ularly grap ^ J travels in Tartary , Thibet , and China , completes the work . There we titty wow engravings , many of them excellent , and all illustrative . Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions . By Charlea ^^^ y ^ J ^ l library . TnESB two volumes abound in curious anecdote and suggestive ffictsj some o topics are naturally a little worn , Imfc all are skilfully treated by Dr . Ma <* ay' fcJie especially refer the reader to the chapter on " Magnetjzers ; " andto that o " Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beara . Theflr 8 t ^ J ] y is tho more amusing of the two , This reprint of Dr . Mackay ' e book m P' « ^ illustrated , and forms one of tho attractive series issued by our contemporary ,

      Illustrated London News , \ A System of Ejiqlish Grammar , founded on the Philosophy of i « f f J joyd . Practice of the Best Author * . By O . W . Colraon , M . A . h c mpo-Evbky now statement of bo useful a subject aa Grammar , when made ty ^ j L of tent tienchers , is ft wolcomo present to the public . Besides great P ° rBI ' ntencC 8 oxplntiation , this Grammar possesses tho charm of being illustratea by s oJ ? taken from sources of great interest . To those already inspired w ^ " xn f fta vmtcii irum BuuvecB < n great lntorcsii . xo wiuho uuvomj »«««» jf . «~— , ¦ ftr g Bg 5

      ^^ study this is unnecoBsary . The barest examples , the most insipid f" ^^ m welcome to them a 8 the most' philosophical' apothegm , or tho moot 8 P w fl , their titluisis . They care for nothing but the illustration , and provided that « n 9 W haV 0 purpose , they are indifferent to its barrenness . There are others , howove , ^ ^ to bo attracted to tho indispensable accomplishment of Grammar , ana wi ^ no interest in it unless they perceive it to contain practical tt PP " " * ^ On daily business of life . To ouch , Mr . Connon ' s work is utrikipgly ^ Z ^ so ^ every page the reader meets ft pontonce whi «? h it is ft privilege t » re > ptyr namo whicU it is . w , honour to meet . T | n » feature K however , ¦ J op . * * ^ >» charactoriBtio of our « uthoy 8 >> ok . Tbeir ^ sowr oe s of the ^^" i . ^ f i 8 \ xeto continually developing , admit of that jperiodical " stock-tftking wu

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 27, 1852, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27031852/page/20/