Punch,  31 (1856), 187.

The Alligator at Home!

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Zoological Gardens, Display


    Describes the large alligator received by David W Mitchell of the Zoological Society Gardens, and the popularity of this new exhibit among people but not the alligator's rivals, the hippopotami.



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