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formalities of tickets granted only on application 

 through householders. I also remember, with mis- 

 giving, that only five students were availing them- 

 selves of its treasures at the time of my visit, but 

 that, perhaps, was exceptional. I hope so. The 

 Zoological Park also struck me as picturesque, with 

 natural advantages superior, if anything, to those of 

 Bronx, but sadly in need of money. The bears, 

 including some magnificent examples from Alaska, 

 were miserably housed, and so great a rarity as a 

 Steller's sea-lion was cramped in a little tank more 

 fit for goldfish. Australia and New Zealand had 

 evidently contributed more generously, the former 

 to the mammals, the latter to the birds, than they 

 had to Bronx, and Tasmania had sent both "wolf" 

 and " devil" to swell the ugly element in the collec- 

 tion. It seems a pity that America's most beautiful 

 city should not be endowed with an animal park in 

 keeping with the rest. Perhaps some millionaire 

 may yet put his hand in his pocket and remove so 

 obvious a reproach. 



