3 i8 ANIMAL ACCLIMATIZATION 



buildings, now occupied by various birds and beasts 

 which need rest after long journeys by sea and rail, 

 abut on the paddock. In the latter a colony of 

 Patagonian cavies burrow under the apple trees, and 

 pretty little kangaroos, or rather * wallabies,' with their 

 young in their pouches, hop about in the grass, or lie 

 basking like cats by the side of the water. One 

 wallaby sat upright on the bank, leaning its back against 

 a tree. Its young one, looking out of its pouch, was 

 seriously gazing at its own diminutive features reflected 

 in the water. Brilliant purple gallinules, Patagonian 

 rails, Indian ducks, and pelicans were on the water, and 

 a newly-arrived brood of Japanese teal were resting 

 after their journey in one of the sheds. An interest- 

 ing feature in this paddock, one which is constantly 

 observable at Woburn, is the friendliness of the various 

 creatures with each other. Some very fine sing-sing 

 antelopes, a dwarf Indian bull, and some Chinese 

 water -deer were associated with the kangaroos and 

 cavies in perfect amity. But this seems characteristic 

 of the place. We noticed a pair of tame deer lying 

 under the single cedar-tree which stands in the great 

 quadrangle made by stables and coachhouses at the 

 back of the main block of Woburn Abbey. A stable- 

 cat, being in want of society, strolled out and sat 

 down exactly between these two deer. As they did 



