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The country mouse began to jump about and dance, squeaking and screeching as if she were drunk.
From Fairy tales from the far North, by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, London, 1897.
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Oracle of Delphi.
Émile Bayard, from Histoire de la magie (history of magic), by Paul Christian, Paris, 1870.
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Birds, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Halcyonidae (kingfishers), from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Armadilloes, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Eagles, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Giraffe, from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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Hippopotamus & rhinoceros (plate 1), from The pictorial museum of animated nature vol. 1, by charles Knight, London, 1844.
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The stewed-rabbit contractor.
By Honoré Daumier. From Daumier and Gavarni, by Henri Frantz and Octave Uzanne, London, Paris, New York, 1904
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This one reminds me of a true story: some time in the twentieth century, construction works in Paris (near Les Halles, if memory serves) unearthed thousands of cat skulls. Further enquiries revealed that in the nineteenth century, a restaurant famous for its stewed rabbit had stood there.
