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Show The Tali. Mali- (;-.iztltc siy.s the Shah of Persia went to sec the Jardin Oes riantes, when he was in Paris. Of course he was delighted '. "Who wouldn't be at the grand dipW of the wonderful and the bcaul.ifnl. in the productions of nature, that may there be met with'.' Kven a Persian barbarian could appreciate such things! And he was grateful for the courtesy of the Directors who showed him around. He noted down their miLuou j that he could deeoralt-- them with the nival orders of the nn yt great and powerful kingdom of Iran. The men of science were delighted. The orders were to be second only to those of France. Imagine the chagrin and mortitication that came upon these sarvants when the Persian decorations were received bearing the names of the Megartherimn, the Dinothcrmm, tho Ciiyplonotus Antarcticus, the Eosaurus Aeadianus, and other "extinct "ex-tinct unimals" whose names had been giveu during the tour of the J:ulm ! The Shah is now in great disrepute in learned circles in Taris. |