In the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, which is smaller than the Isle of Wight, there are 200 species of wild flowers, more than in the whole of England. The largest elephant yet weighed was Jumbo, the African elephant formerly in the London Zoo, which stood lift high at the withers and weighed six and a half tons.""
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1934, Page 12
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