Of this Zoological So-ci-e-ty:
For then I'd send this Ant-eater back to his Ants,
Or to my French rival at the Jardin des Plantes.
But it's oh! no go: there's no end to my woes;
The American Ant-eater out of joint's put my nose!
| Signed, | Hippo |  | his mark. |
| Countersigned, | Sadi | ||
| Knight of the Bath and Groom of the Chambers. |
Given at my house in the Zoological Gardens,
this 15th day of October, 1853.
