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Valentia, Viscount of [George Annesley], 1809. Voyages and travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Eqypt: in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806. London: W. Miller, vol. 1
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Visits Lucknow in 1802
[117] Visit to the palace of the Nawaub.
Having breakfasted with his Excellency, I went to see his menagerie. A few deer of the country, a tiger-cat, and rhinoceros were also there.
(Later describes fights of elephants, and of a tiger and buffalo, but no rhinos involved.)
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George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris FRS (4 December 1770 – 23 July 1844), styled Viscount Valentia between 1793 and 1816, was a British peer and politician.
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