Punch,  25 (1853), 116.

The English Hippopotamus, at the Zoological Gardens, to the French Ditto, at the "Jardin des Plantes"

The Hippopotamus (of the Zoological Gardens)

Genre:

Letter, Spoof

Subjects:

Zoological Gardens, Amusement, Heroism, Animal Behaviour


    Letter in which the hippopotamus at the Zoological Society Gardens warns his more famous counterpart at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, about the transitoriness and disappointments of fame.



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