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In Chapter 33, John meets Elinor and Marianne at Gray’s and he makes his\nexcuses for not calling on them sooner because they had to take Harry to see\nthe wild beasts at the Exeter Exchange. Here is some information from the\nL&T archives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was built in 1676 on the site of Exeter House, which was the London home\nbuilt for Sir Thomas Palmer in Edward IV’s reign, and was eventually given by\nQueen Elizabeth I to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, whose son was created the\nEarl of Exeter- hence the name of the building, linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was in our period a little like a small shopping mall, with drapers,\nmilliners and hosiers setting up shop in the building. Sadly too few traders\ntook up leases and this part of the business was not a success. Offices\neventually took over the available space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Except for one interesting part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1773 Edward Cross set up a menagerie here, and that is where John\nDashwood takes his little boy. Note the name “Nillguas” for more info below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Byron in his journal gives a rather touching description of the elephant who\ncould be found there, amongst the other animals, and was typically rude about a\nfew humans in the following passage, though, IMHO, he was generally admiring\nand sympathetic to the animals in the menagerie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two nights ago I saw the tigers sup at Exeter ‘Change. Except Veli Pacha’s\nlion in the Morea, — who followed the Arab keeper like a dog, — the fondness\nof the hyaena for her keeper amused me most. Such a conversazione!<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a ‘hippopotamus,’ like Lord Liverpool in the face; and the ‘Ursine\nSloth’ had the very voice and manner of my valet–but the tiger talked too\nmuch. The elephant took and gave me my money again–took off my hat–opened a\ndoor–trunked a whip–and behaved so well, that I wish he was my butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The handsomest animal on earth is one of the panthers; but the poor\nantelopes were dead. I should hate to see one here:–the sight of the camel\nmade me pine again for Asia Minor. Oh quando le aspiciam? This most scientific elephant had an unfortunate end. He was called Chunee.\nHe was killed in 1826 when his attendants thought he threatened to break\nthrough the bars of his cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a picture<\/a>\nrecording his demise (Ed. Note: it’s too graphic and sad for me).<\/em> He was\nshot by a party of soldiers from Somerset House (nearby) but survived this\nassault. They then sent for a cannon with which to shoot him, but before this\narrived, the elephant’s keeper fatally wounded him with a harpoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nine butchers took 12 hours to flay the hide from the elephant\u2019s dead form.\nThe poor beast was then dissected by ten surgeons who were in turn observed by\na hoard of medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Cross displayed the skeleton of the Elephant in the damaged cage until\nthe Exchange closed in 1829, when the remaining animals were put on display at\nthe Surrey Zoological Gardens. ‘Nilgau’ is actually ‘Nilgai’…the Indian\/Hindi name for the Blu Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nil = blue In Chapter 33, John meets Elinor and Marianne at Gray’s and he makes his excuses for not calling on them sooner because they had to take Harry to see the wild beasts at the Exeter Exchange. Here is some information … Continue reading
\nThe playbill\/advert<\/a>\nis fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nJournal, November 14, 1813<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n(See The London Enclyopaedia, edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nGai = cow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
![here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt was in our period a little like a small shopping mall, with drapers,\nmilliners and hosiers setting up shop in the building. Sadly too few traders\ntook up leases and this part of the business was not a success. Offices\neventually took over the available space.<\/p>\n\n\n\nExcept for one interesting part.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn 1773 Edward Cross set up a menagerie here, and that is where John\nDashwood takes his little boy.\nThe playbill\/advert<\/a>\nis fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNote the name “Nillguas” for more info below.<\/p>\n\n\n\nByron in his journal gives a rather touching description of the elephant who\ncould be found there, amongst the other animals, and was typically rude about a\nfew humans in the following passage, though, IMHO, he was generally admiring\nand sympathetic to the animals in the menagerie:<\/p>\n\n\n\nTwo nights ago I saw the tigers sup at Exeter ‘Change. Except Veli Pacha’s\nlion in the Morea, — who followed the Arab keeper like a dog, — the fondness\nof the hyaena for her keeper amused me most. Such a conversazione!<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere was a ‘hippopotamus,’ like Lord Liverpool in the face; and the ‘Ursine\nSloth’ had the very voice and manner of my valet–but the tiger talked too\nmuch. The elephant took and gave me my money again–took off my hat–opened a\ndoor–trunked a whip–and behaved so well, that I wish he was my butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe handsomest animal on earth is one of the panthers; but the poor\nantelopes were dead. I should hate to see one here:–the sight of the camel\nmade me pine again for Asia Minor. Oh quando le aspiciam?\nJournal, November 14, 1813<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis most scientific elephant had an unfortunate end. He was called Chunee.\nHe was killed in 1826 when his attendants thought he threatened to break\nthrough the bars of his cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHere is a picture<\/a>\nrecording his demise (Ed. Note: it’s too graphic and sad for me).<\/em> He was\nshot by a party of soldiers from Somerset House (nearby) but survived this\nassault. They then sent for a cannon with which to shoot him, but before this\narrived, the elephant’s keeper fatally wounded him with a harpoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNine butchers took 12 hours to flay the hide from the elephant\u2019s dead form.\nThe poor beast was then dissected by ten surgeons who were in turn observed by\na hoard of medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMr Cross displayed the skeleton of the Elephant in the damaged cage until\nthe Exchange closed in 1829, when the remaining animals were put on display at\nthe Surrey Zoological Gardens.\n(See The London Enclyopaedia, edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n‘Nilgau’ is actually ‘Nilgai’…the Indian\/Hindi name for the Blu Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNil = blue\nGai = cow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Chapter 33, John meets Elinor and Marianne at Gray’s and he makes his excuses for not calling on them sooner because they had to take Harry to see the wild beasts at the Exeter Exchange. Here is some information … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[256,264,267],"kbe_tags":[378],"class_list":["post-12245","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-arts-leisure","kbe_taxonomy-locations","kbe_taxonomy-sense-sensibility","kbe_tags-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12246,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_taxonomy&post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_tags&post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/images\/SSGR\/exeter.jpg\"){kind=link}
![playbill\/advert<\/a>\nis fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNote the name “Nillguas” for more info below.<\/p>\n\n\n\nByron in his journal gives a rather touching description of the elephant who\ncould be found there, amongst the other animals, and was typically rude about a\nfew humans in the following passage, though, IMHO, he was generally admiring\nand sympathetic to the animals in the menagerie:<\/p>\n\n\n\nTwo nights ago I saw the tigers sup at Exeter ‘Change. Except Veli Pacha’s\nlion in the Morea, — who followed the Arab keeper like a dog, — the fondness\nof the hyaena for her keeper amused me most. Such a conversazione!<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere was a ‘hippopotamus,’ like Lord Liverpool in the face; and the ‘Ursine\nSloth’ had the very voice and manner of my valet–but the tiger talked too\nmuch. The elephant took and gave me my money again–took off my hat–opened a\ndoor–trunked a whip–and behaved so well, that I wish he was my butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe handsomest animal on earth is one of the panthers; but the poor\nantelopes were dead. I should hate to see one here:–the sight of the camel\nmade me pine again for Asia Minor. Oh quando le aspiciam?\nJournal, November 14, 1813<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis most scientific elephant had an unfortunate end. He was called Chunee.\nHe was killed in 1826 when his attendants thought he threatened to break\nthrough the bars of his cage.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHere is a picture<\/a>\nrecording his demise (Ed. Note: it’s too graphic and sad for me).<\/em> He was\nshot by a party of soldiers from Somerset House (nearby) but survived this\nassault. They then sent for a cannon with which to shoot him, but before this\narrived, the elephant’s keeper fatally wounded him with a harpoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNine butchers took 12 hours to flay the hide from the elephant\u2019s dead form.\nThe poor beast was then dissected by ten surgeons who were in turn observed by\na hoard of medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMr Cross displayed the skeleton of the Elephant in the damaged cage until\nthe Exchange closed in 1829, when the remaining animals were put on display at\nthe Surrey Zoological Gardens.\n(See The London Enclyopaedia, edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n‘Nilgau’ is actually ‘Nilgai’…the Indian\/Hindi name for the Blu Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNil = blue\nGai = cow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Chapter 33, John meets Elinor and Marianne at Gray’s and he makes his excuses for not calling on them sooner because they had to take Harry to see the wild beasts at the Exeter Exchange. Here is some information … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[256,264,267],"kbe_tags":[378],"class_list":["post-12245","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-arts-leisure","kbe_taxonomy-locations","kbe_taxonomy-sense-sensibility","kbe_tags-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12246,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_taxonomy&post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_tags&post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/images\/SSGR\/menagerie.jpg\"){kind=link}
![picture<\/a>\nrecording his demise (Ed. Note: it’s too graphic and sad for me).<\/em> He was\nshot by a party of soldiers from Somerset House (nearby) but survived this\nassault. They then sent for a cannon with which to shoot him, but before this\narrived, the elephant’s keeper fatally wounded him with a harpoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNine butchers took 12 hours to flay the hide from the elephant\u2019s dead form.\nThe poor beast was then dissected by ten surgeons who were in turn observed by\na hoard of medical students.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMr Cross displayed the skeleton of the Elephant in the damaged cage until\nthe Exchange closed in 1829, when the remaining animals were put on display at\nthe Surrey Zoological Gardens.\n(See The London Enclyopaedia, edited by Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n‘Nilgau’ is actually ‘Nilgai’…the Indian\/Hindi name for the Blu Bull.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNil = blue\nGai = cow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Chapter 33, John meets Elinor and Marianne at Gray’s and he makes his excuses for not calling on them sooner because they had to take Harry to see the wild beasts at the Exeter Exchange. Here is some information … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","kbe_taxonomy":[256,264,267],"kbe_tags":[378],"class_list":["post-12245","kbe_knowledgebase","type-kbe_knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","kbe_taxonomy-arts-leisure","kbe_taxonomy-locations","kbe_taxonomy-sense-sensibility","kbe_tags-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/kbe_knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12246,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/kbe_knowledgebase\/12245\/revisions\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbe_taxonomy","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_taxonomy&post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"kbe_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fkbe_tags&post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/pemberley.com\/images\/SSGR\/byrons_elephant.jpg\"){kind=link}