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paddocks, strongly fenced, and in the upper storey were rooms 

 for keepers and stores. Beyond this was a paddock containing 

 the pond (Plate 12) which is now at the back of the rhinoceros 

 stalls in the elephant house. The exit gate and carriage-sweep 

 outside were made, and in this farther part of the Garden were 

 sties for peccaries, a small house for tapirs, and yards for the 

 gardeners and carpenters. In the South Garden the grounds 

 were cleared of the workmen's sheds ; a pit with a pond was con- 

 structed for the polar bear just east of the monkey poles, and 

 a seal house erected in a line with and west of the otter pond. 

 The Menagerie stock was greatly increased. The King 

 signified his pleasure to become the Patron of the Society, and 

 presented the collection of animals in the Royal Menagerie 

 at Windsor. The following is the list given in the Report of 

 the Council : 



Mammals :— 14 wapiti, 3 axis and 2 sambur deer, 1 American roe deer, 

 3 gnus, 2 nylghaie, 2 llamas, 4 Cashmere and 3 Barbary goats, 1 Cape 

 ram, 7 zebus, 2 mountain and 2 Burchell's zebras, 2 hybrids between 

 both species of zebra and the common ass, 1 wild boar, 1 peccary, and 

 13 kangaroos. 



Birds : — 1 king vulture, 2 sea eagles, 1 peregrine falcon, 2 great-eared 

 owls, 4 macaws, 2 cockatoos, 1 scarlet lory, 2 golden parrakeets, 1 rosehill 

 parrakeet, 5 widow birds, 11 emus, 1 curassow, 42 pea-fowls of different 

 varieties, 4 crowned cranes, 1 scarlet ibis, 1 spoonbill, and 7 cereopsis 

 geese. 



No mention is made of any reptiles, but Jesse,^ who, from 

 his official position as Surveyor of H.M.'s Parks and Palaces, 

 must have known a good deal about the Royal Menagerie, says 

 that the man in charge had a narrow escape of being killed by 

 " the boa constrictor." He seems to have made a pet of the 

 reptile, and used to bring it into his sitting-room. On the last 

 occasion of being allowed its liberty, the serpent struck at the 

 keeper, and threw two or three coils round his body. Fortu- 

 nately his cries brought assistance, and he was released from 

 his perilous position. 



In addition to this " splendid present," as it was rightly called 

 by the Council, Queen Adelaide sent three alpacas, and the 

 Duke of Sussex an original Member of the Societ}^ a Persian 

 lynx. From other donors were received ostriches, three 



* " Gleanings in Natural History," 2nd series, p. 120. 



