Genre:

Poetry, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

L S *

Subjects:

Zoology, Class, Exhibitions, Display

    Narrates the experiences of two yokels, Josias Gutch and Zacharias Brown. Josias describes to his friend a visit to a 'Zircus' which advertised a mysterious animal called 'the great Zaga-zias'. He explains that he demanded his money back on not seeing the beast before being directed to a tent where he saw what Zacharias identifies from his description as 'an Nellyphant'. The two friends disagree about the identity of the beast and ask the parson for help; he takes them back to Wombwell's menagerie in his trap. What Josias took to be 'the Great Zaga-zias' proves to be an elephant identified as 'The Great Sagacious'.