Mirror of Literature,  8 (1826), 414.

Humorous Request

Anon

Genre:

Anecdote, Drollery

Subjects:

Menageries, Acclimatization


    The anecdote relates to the treatment of a dromedary at the menagerie at Versailles, which died as a result of the cold climate.



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