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southern aspect ; behind is a gallery lighted from 

 the top, sufficiently large to admit of two per- 

 sons walking in it without danger, to see the 

 animals in winter when the outside shutters are 

 closed. It is also from this gallery that the ani- 

 mals are fed and their apartments cleaned, by re* 

 moving them from the lodge where they pass 

 the night, to that adjoining. There are now in 

 this building, lions and lionesses, one of which 

 has a dog living with it ; the jaguar (fells onca] ; 

 two species ot jackall (cams antlms and aureus) ; 

 several black bears; the spotted and striped 

 hyaena (cams hycena and crocuta) ; foxes, and 

 wolves, one of which is no less sensible to the 

 notice of those who approach its den than the 

 most affectionate dog to the caresses of its master. 



The lions are from mount Atlas, and were pre- 

 sented to the government by the emperor of 

 Morocco and the dey of Algiers. One of the 

 lionesses has had young several times, but the 

 whelps have never survived dentition. The 

 two jackalls were sent, the one from India by 

 M. Leschenault, the other from Senegal. This 

 last is a new species, remarkable for its slender 

 make and tapering head. Although these animals 

 are of different species they have produced young. 



The jaguar is a native of South America. Some 

 years ago we had other individuals of the same 



