xxx MEMOIR OF THE LA^E 



at the Zoological Gardens, Kegent's Park. Having 

 read the proof sheets of this volume, Mr. Bartlett 

 expressed to me his opinion that it is the work 

 of a talented, painstaking young naturalist. 



Mr. Austen was accustomed to make frequent 

 and long visits to the various animals under 

 Mr. Bartlett's charge in the Kegent's Park Gardens. 

 So anxious was he to learn all he could, that 

 Mr. Bartlett, finding that the young man really 

 wished to study, frequently allowed him to accom- 

 pany him round the gardens when he made his 

 official inspections, in order to assist him in carry- 

 ing on his various researches. 



In return, Mr. Bartlett acknowledges that he is 

 indebted to Austen for valuable hints as to how to 

 keep alive and in good health water voles, shrews, 

 and common moles. He desires me to add, as a 

 comment to Austen's remarks on hairy tigers at 

 page 55, that there is now in the gardens a tiger 

 from Amoy, in China, which has a long, woolly 

 coat, and in the same den with this animal is also 

 a Malay tiger, which has a short coat. The great 

 difference in the hair of the two tigers confirms 

 Mr. Austen's remarks as to the effect climate 

 produces on the coats of tigers. 



On page 66, Mr. Austen mentions the quiet 

 disposition of the cheetah. There are, however? 

 exceptions to this. 



