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6. Three Mexican pumas, presented Aprils, 1872. 



7. A lion and two lionesses, born in the menagerie July 8, 1872. 



These are worth special notice, as they were then three 

 years and a half old. Though other cubs have been born since, 

 none has attained anything like that age."^ 



8. Indian tiger, presented June 28, 1870. 



9. Indian tiger, presented August 4, 1865. 



10. Jaguar, purchased August 5, 1875. 



11. Jaguar, received in exchange November 22, 1873- 



12. Three tiger-cubs, presented October 1, 1875. 



13. Indian tiger, presented August 14, 1873. 



14. Indian tiger, presented July 25, 1874. 



Not till the spring of 1877 were the four outside cages. 

 finished. These stand two on each side of the yard, and the 

 keepers' quarters, and are 42 ft. long by 30 ft. wide, with a 

 height of 25 ft. — that is, quite as lofty as some eagles' aviaries, t 

 In the middle of the concrete floors are massive rockwork 

 and tree trunks. The drainage scheme — a central depression 

 with a pipe, sure to get choked with leaves — is far from good ; 

 nor are there facilities for cleaning from the outside. There 

 should have been a rake to the front, so that in wet weather 

 the water might flow ofl" to a gutter ; and the bottom bar should 

 have been made to lift up, to allow of the introduction of a 

 long-handled scraper. Indeed, the outside cages and the 

 arrangements for shifting the animals are of such a character 

 as to lend colour to the suggestion that this part of the house 

 was not in the original plan. 



Down the passage, between the indoor and outdoor cages, 

 is a line of rails carrying two trolleys, on each of which is a 

 covered bridge — or, as it is termed in the Council's Report, 

 a movable tunnel — and there is a fixed tunnel at each end. 

 At the back of the inner compartment is a sliding door corre- 

 sponding to another at the back of the outside cage. When this 

 covered bridge is in position the doors are pushed back, and 

 the animal can pass out or return, as the case may be. These 

 outside cages were first used on April 23, and the transfer of 



♦For the general question, see Proceedings, 1864, pp. 158, 159. 

 t In the Official Guide they are described as " enormous." Skeat's definition 

 of that epithet — " great beyond measure " — exactly fits the case. 



