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adequately provided with windows. It now remains only to con- 

 struct the outside yards for summer use, which will be done 

 during the early spring of 1903. 



Drainage of Deer and Buffalo Ranges. — During particularly 

 wet seasons it was found that certain portions of the Buffalo 

 Range and three of the Deer Ranges drained otf with considerable 

 difficulty, and in places remained in a soft state for so long a 

 period as to constitute a menace to the health of the animals. 

 The Buffalo Range in particular heretofore contained three nat- 

 ural basins that were practically undrainable without a sewer 

 in i82d Street. With the completion of the long-delayed 

 sewer in i82d Street it became possible to drain the Buffalo Range 

 as had so long been desired. Work began in the lower range 

 early in the spring of 1902, and a large section of its area was 

 very thoroughly drained. At the same time the range formerly 

 occupied by the moose was well drained. The drainage of the 

 upper portion of the Buffalo Range — a matter of considerable 

 time and expenditure — was undertaken in the autumn and prose- 

 cuted as far as possible up to the beginning of winter. This range 

 can now be drained into the i82d Street sewer — connections with 

 which were made early last year for the stagnant pond in the 

 north end of the Range, and from which the herd has constantly 

 been fenced off. Early in the spring this task will be completed 

 so thoroughly that there will remain in this range neither stag- 

 nant water nor areas of boggy ground. 



MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 



The following miscellaneous items of work were accomplished : 



A soda pavilion was erected at the lower end of Birds' Valley, 

 near the Bird House. 



Tzi'o strong guard fences, 700 feet in length, were erected at 

 dangerous points on roadways near West Farms. 



In the course of planting operations, 400 pines, hemlocks, and 

 cedars were set out in various portions of the forest. 



An extensive series of ladders, horizontal bars, and trapezes 

 were put up in the cages of the Primates' House. 



In the Lion House six patent folding doors were constructed 

 for sleeping cages, and large stumps and shelves of hard wood 

 were provided for the use of the animals in the interior cages. 



The foitr-inch zvater-main in Baird Court was tapped, and a 

 four-inch pipe laid to the Italian Fountain. 



A small pool was excavated in Beaver \'alley, and a rustic dam 



