NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
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New York is undoubtedly the place for it ; and it seems to me 
that such an institution is worthy of being considered a prime ob- 
ject with such a body as our new Zoological Society. The ordinary 
expenses of the Zoological Park need not be sensibly increased by 
such an undertaking, once the accommodation is provided ; and 
yet it does not seem unreasonable to claim that the Park might 
thus double its usefulness. 
The practical needs of the student, touched upon in my previous 
communication,* may here be enlarged upon, and enumerated 
about as follows : 
ANIMALS MADE SERVICEABLE FOR STupy.—This may be 
done in two ways. First, by having one or more convenient 
cages in a studio; second, by having places behind, or in the 
cages or enclosures, where the artist can get a good view of his 
model without being harassed by the public, or exposed to the 
weather. 
Stup1o.—There should be a commodious, well-lighted and 
well-equipped studio, which should be available to students at 
all times compatible with proper administration. Notwithstand- 
ing its disadvantages, the Jardin des Plantes has some four hun- 
dred art students on its roll. If good facilities were offered, this 
number would soon reach one thousand; but that, of course, is 
in Paris. In the New York Zoo, with such facilities as I am ad- 
vocating, it would be very safe to say that two hundred art 
students would enter the first year. "The average daily attend- 
ance would probably exceed ten. A convenient studio for such a 
number would not be less than 30x40 feet, by 20 feet at the 
eaves. And even this, I believe, would have to be enlarged 
within a very few years. ‘The studio should have large north 
side and top lights, with arrangements for regulating the same, 
and for admitting sunlight. It should also be provided with 
lockers for the students’ effects. I should have at least one care- 
fully devised cage that would permit students to work all around 
me 
EQUIPMENT IN GENERAL.—The difficulties of the animalier 
are unusually great ; therefore his equipment should be unusually 
good, not unusually poor, as at present. His studio equipment 
*Vide the First Annual Report, Page 61. 
