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IV. GARDEN ESTABLISHMENT. 



a. Works. 



The Works effected during 1854 were necessarily very 

 extensive, and include — 



1. The Hippopotamus House. — This is a large building 

 of great strength, with a bath 35 feet in length, 15 feet in 

 breadth, and 9 feet deep ; fenced with massive iron railings 

 of a strength commensurate with the enormous force which 

 the animal is rapidly attaining. 



2. Glazed Screen to the Lions' Dens on the north side 

 of the Terrace, 30 feet in length by 20 feet in width. 



The efficiency of this structure in preserving the health 

 of the young animals which have been kept in it during 

 the winter, has been most severely tried, and has proved 

 eminently successful. 



The provisional arrangement of tarpaulin blinds on the 

 south side of the Terrace has been no less fortunate, and 

 has given further proof of the necessity of protecting 

 the stronger Carnivora against wind, damp, and sudden 

 transitions of temperature. No casualties whatever have 

 occurred in the Terrace, containing a collection which 

 cannot be estimated at less than £2400 in actual commercial 

 value ; the illness which attacked the Asiatic Lions, in 

 consequence of exposure at the early part of the winter, 

 having yielded to judicious treatment. 



3. Entire repair and improvement of the Monkey 

 House, including the fitting-up and arrangement of the 

 basement, with a fenced and paved j-ard in the rear. 



The ameliorated atmosphere, and the increased cleanli- 

 ness of this building have reduced the number of deaths 

 to less than six in the course of the winter ; while three 

 young Monkeys have been born in it. 



4. The entire repair, refitting and rearrangement of the 

 old Parrot House, now adapted for small Carnivora, for 

 which there was no accommodation previously. 



Here also the animals have almost entirely escaped 

 disease ; the death of the Wolverine, obtained through 

 Mr. WoUey, being the only noticeable instance. 



5. A Winter House for Carnivora, with Aviaries annexed 

 (200 feet long) in the Park, consists principally of build- 

 ings removed from the neighbourhood of the Broad Walk, 

 where the odour of the animals was offensive. Having 



