BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 



A HANDBOOK OF THE MANAGEMENT 



OF 



ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



IN 



LOWER BENGAL. 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE 



FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL 



GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. &c. 



" CONSIDERING the number of Zoological Gardens in Europe, 

 and their long establishment, it is singular that it should have 

 been left to the superintendent of a Zoological Garden at 

 Calcutta, and to a native of India withal, to produce the first 

 practical hand-book on the management of animals in captivity. 

 * * * It is certainly a work of considerable interest. * * 

 On the whole we must allow that this volume is a remarkable 

 production, considering the circumstances under which it has 

 been prepared, and that its author deserves great credit for the 

 pains bestowed on its composition, and for much valuable informa- 

 tion contained in it:' NATURE. 



"A handsome volume. * * * Private collectors will find 

 the book most useful : but there is also much to interest the 

 general public, or at all events that large section, who though 

 they may have no very precise scientific knowledge, yet love 

 tcfread of animals and their ways. It is not by this to be sup- 



