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wapiti house. South of this, the exit turnstile was put up, and 

 the carriage sweep in front of it was made. In the west end of 

 the Garden the pheasant aviaries, removed from Kingston Hill, 

 were erected. Then the first elephant house was built, on the 

 spot where the mouflons' enclosure now stands. The paddock 

 contained the pond, which has since been somewhat altered in 

 shape ; and two dry yards were formed " for the use of the 

 animals when the ordinary paddocks would be too wet for their 

 reception." The house was warmed on a novel plan, "the 



EAST END OF NORTH GARDEN AND NORTHWARD EXTENSION, 1834.' 



chimney being carried round the building beneath the incom- 

 bustible floor, and the whole of the heat being thus given 

 out within the house itself" In 1834 the well was bored 

 near the repository, and a pumping engine erected ; this con- 

 siderably reduced the cost of the water supply. 



The girafife house at first consisted of the central part, the 

 wings being built later. The space allotted to the animals 

 received in 1836 was divided into two compartments of 

 40 ft. by 20 ft. and 20 ft. by 20 ft. respectively, while visitors 

 passed through the house. Paddocks were added, and a mound 

 was thrown up in front, and fenced and planted so as to hide 

 the animals from the view of people in the Public Drive. A 

 cage at the west end was constructed in 1837 for the orang. 



