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roos of the London Gardens live in long and rather narrow yards 
that are enclosed by iron fences, and completely covered by roofs of 
glass. Along the rear extends a low and unpretentious shelter- 
house of brick. The yards are always well filled, and the number 
of species really is surprising. As usual, the kangaroo babies 
attract more attention than their parents, and one of the drollest 
sights to be seen in all the Gardens isa patient macropian mother 
going about her daily work with a long-eared, big-eyed baby— 
abundantly able to hop alone—looking out of the top of her 
pouch. 
THE MONKEY HOUSE. 
The Middle Garden contains the Elephant and Rhinoceros 
House, but in summer the visitor usually finds those huge pachy- 
derms ponderously marching up and down their well shaded yards, 
or bathing in the great tanks of brick and cement that have been 
provided for them. Not far beyond is situated the Giraffe House, 
never tenantless but for one period of two years, when the supply 
of giraffes from the Soudan was cut off by the ever-troublesome 
Madhi. Like the pachyderms, these great beasts never seem so 
fine, so attractive, and so interesting as when they are stalking 
about in commodious open yards, in evident enjoyment of the air, 
