Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-30

breed were slipped at him at once; and the 900
ment was, that II one any of them turn tail he :,
they TO be considered beaen--tle lion to h.,
the first dogs, one by one, or as he NAV choose
oeiore the remaining three shall be started TIL,
nsnt was In an enclosed area; the spectators Al
'nuows In contiguous houses; the lion belong eo
" 'i'. w ombNselfs caravan of wild beasts The
terminated In favor ofthe dogs; aft er the lion
i,"u crushed the head of one of the dogs TO atoms
.ne o'ner TWO seized him bs the rump and fore leg.
.n ,'.'o turned 'sii' and consequently the dog !.
were declared victorious. Nero was UPWARDS q
ears OF age, and was helped In Scotland. = 6o
ANIMAL Dat too docile and innocent for combat
Aso' so was Wallace. the second Lion who fouabs
lie other dogs on 2d August He was so will ~
~ ie' none but one or Two OF his feeders approach
hm' ne was wheiped in Edinburg in Sep. 1910
and weiahrd about 400 lbs. Two dogs we're H.,
ioo-e Mt hun AZ bu, it was sport TO the linn -,
main Them. lie took in Lis mouth and wall
{" round he stage with him as cat would win =.
mouse; OF hem were MANNED, and one turned tail
| ihe bet on The last fight was stated AT 100 soye-
reisns; on the first, it magnified to 5000.
'i ,, hasnation was excited in England by THU,
eAnio"ion; ard Womb"ell had pledged himself ne
yer 20 promote or encourage another. There had
not been Lion and dog-fght irr England, since
,he reign OF Jiines the 2d--The British peopIc
nave aiso been treated with The exhibition of 4,
" Ltr'ng Skeleton" brought over from France.
ana exposed With his own consent. The follow
ing description Is given of him in London Morn.
Ing psper:
THE ANATOMIC yIvANTE
ms extraordinary human being has been exam
heu within The last few days by some snatoni csJ
P'o'ssors ana oher persons, preparatory TO hi,
peins exhibited % the public. Curiosity will no
oouot' induce many TO visit him but we believe
ie" VINO have no better object will be temp ed 10
repeat lie Visit. There is som ethirg so sick en-
ing In the sight of lellow-creature endurin, life
under such melancholy circumstances. that We Inn
imagine even Join Bull, Notwithstanding his great
anxiety TO behold every thing that is outye. rom
inc potie conlurI 10 The mermaid, and from, ,h,
mermaid 10 tie opera singer, will -carceI, be in
.ed 10 relish this new trial OF his taste or his ere
duiiy. The unh'ppy object of speculation 1--WE
understand he has been regularly purebssa5 an,
PAID tor Is about the age of % wears, his beieht
may be i've iee six inches, and he is native OF The
province oil Champagne, in France His father
and his step mother 10th with him, and if WE.
credit then account, he was brought into the world
mus aiiiiced, grew to his present height az four
cen years old, and has had DAVIS illness
during his life, with the exception of what they
call pam in his side. which, howe er mus, evi
dently have arisen from diseased liver His face
pears no resemblance To the state OF his BODY Its
somewhat cadaverous, but very sickly and his
mead at first sight appears be that OF a Chinese
Inc Ups are thick, the brows arched, the eyes
are somewhat sunk, the cheek-bones are hioL.-.,s
lne eiahum IS very defective in all - intellectual
.s~ns there is consderaI l"'hess IN the i3s
dscp esf q 9 the 1ha s Of which the
ness Is altogether absent. His voice however il
not particularly weak, and is rather pleasing ,ba,,
o'herwise- lie converses in very good French, &.
reads AID writes iolerably we'll Its not until he,
Is oisrooed that The spectator perceives any th;nc
out oil the common order. Bot then, the vre,che1
ana unnatural iorn OF the young man is at once
seen. Across the shoulders he is yer, broad 49,,
tiirSa p.,Sap aIa ,c.1
ry degree and we imagine it appro5Inaies 10 IL.
vertebral column TO within inch and a half The
action of the heart may lie felt rather below the
left papilla, which is much lower than usual-the
seat OF life is therefore placed most unnatural
position. Its pul-ation may be heard 10y placing
the under the left shoulder, but the pulsa-
tion in every part of the body is extremely languitl
and inaistinct. The ribs OF course cry plainly
distinguished the abdomen seems be greatly
wasted, and the pelvis TO be entirely devoid of all
muscular attachments traces of the glute mus
Giles can be discovered. The upper extse,ni,ies arc
anazngly extenuated, not having the trace OF any
muscle whatever the thigh bones appear merely
To be covered by the common intesmnenis, and
possess neither fat muscle. The feet and
hands than simply rednced. He
possesses scarcely more muscular power than
enables him slightly elevate The exrelnities this
wever, he cannot do with ease, and .e suppose
he could scarcely raise pound weight his hand.
some extent, but his stepmoiher is always obliged
TO carry him up stairs.
" 1t will be perhaps impossible for The leaInedto
divine the cause of this unnatural affection Sir
Ashley Cooper (who visited him few days since
and examined him very minuely) has, we under
stand endesvored TO account for it on the principle
OF of room Tor the action Of the heart; but this
observation applies equally all the other vital
gans. The chest, as we have said, is remarkably
Ihdented asst heavy weight had been plac ed ur-
on it for years; and the heart, as we have before
stated, is completely out OF its natural position
To the casual observer, he has the dreadful appear
of being wasted by long continued fauiine or,
more dreadful of some terminated corpse tnat had
lain for months in the clarnel house. -four nfor-
NATION be correct, his daily food does not exceed
three ounces, aud his drink is cider.
g We cannot conclud, our observations will ONT
condemning, in the most unqualified terms. the feel
ing that could have indeed any Spectator TO bring
so wretched object from the tranquility OF his
native village TO expose him to the gaze of thou
sands, more especially there does not appear TO
be the slightest probability that the interests of Sci
will be in any degree forwarded By The sicken-
ing exposure"
"There tCere Giants IN those days. - There IL
an Irish Giant, Patrick Magee, now exhibiting in
Pldladadslphia, more than feet inches high
| pair Of boots has been made for him there, whose
foot is 10 "a inches, the width liz; the circum-
ference oil the boot at the top inches, reaching
the bottom of the calf.--Peter Tucban, Russian.
died on the 18th June, OF dropsy in the chest !;
measuring fee, inches he had no beard, and
his dice was soft and his feet weak very mod
crate eater, and he was years old before he began
to grow in such marvellous manner. He contin-
ued to grow to the day Of his death. So at least,
on ditf-Let US subioin 10 these prodisies another
| of great longevity. he too was q Russian, living
I near polosk on the frontiers NJ Livonia He