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as for private enterprise, few naturalists are 

 millionaires, and the progress of zoology, like that 

 of many of her sister sciences, is too often hindered 

 by the res angustae domi. It seems possible, how- 

 ever, that the zoological gardens of to-day will be 

 eventually replaced by zoological parks, in which 

 many of the animals will not be confined in cages, 

 but allowed to wander over extensive runs in a 

 state of semi-freedom. Under such circumstances, 

 there would naturally arise a demand for animals 

 whose large size and strange exterior would lend 

 interest and impressiveness to the landscape : and 

 in such an exhibition the northern giraffe, with its 

 towering stature, its immense bulk, and its strange 

 almost antediluvian outlines would find its due 

 place. 



