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A YEAR WITH NATURE. 



the earth, and one can well understand why the study of Natural 

 History has engrossed the attention of some of the finest master 

 minds the world has yet produced. 



We have little space left to deal with the second part of 

 this unique collection, properly called perhaps the Zoo, but the 

 various photographs with which this part of my article is 

 embellished require little, if any, explanation or comment. Here 

 in this quiet retreat from the work-a-day world, one stumbles 



ZEBRA AT TRING PARK STABLES. 



across all manner of birds and animals, representatives of many 

 far off lands and seas. 



We find our loyal and brave Australia represented in the 

 collection by the Kangaroo, and it affords us interest and 

 pleasure to stay awhile and watch those Colonial animals in 

 their curious ways and mannerisms. 



Leaving the Kangaroos, and rambling farther afield, we come 

 across that fine bird the Great Bustard, and, as we stand 

 admiring its beauty and attractiveness, we mourn its loss as a 

 British Breeding Bird. How great a pity that such a bold, 



