Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Monstrosities, Language, Comparative Anatomy, Amusement

    Discusses an announcement in 'one of the papers' for the sale of 'Dry Germans' that appear to be 'half ox, half cow'. Observes that this 'ethnological specimen [...] never [...] crossed our scientific path before' and proposes to write to Richard Owen 'on the subject', suspecting the hand of Phineas T Barnum in the business.