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Land of Ethiope! whose burning centre seems unapproachable as the frozen Pole! Land of the unicorn and the lion, of the crouching panther and the stately elephant, of the camel, the camel-leopard, and the camel-bird!
There was nobody about by then but a small urchin who jeered: "Say, lydy! is yon what they call a camel-leopard?" The little party had the road to themselves, and passed unheeded. The Billjim Guard were escorting the favourite to the yard, and the crowd were escorting the Billjims.
When it is said that the list included such widely diverging creatures as "A camel-leopard, a duck-billed platypus, Thomasina Bolderston, and Spring-heeled Jack," it can be imagined with what zest the pupils began their replies.
And you will hardly see them in any public place without a shabby companion in a dyed silk, sitting somewhere in the shade close behind them. "A what?" said Rawdon, looking up from an ecarte table. "A sheep-dog!" said young Lord Southdown. "My dear Mrs. Crawley, what a fancy! Why not have a Danish dog? I know of one as big as a camel-leopard, by Jove. It would almost pull your brougham.
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