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inherited from the Tower and travelling wild-beast shows, 

 still lingers in many places. We have a responsibility 

 to our captive animals, brought from their native wilds to 

 minister to our pleasure and instruction, beyond that of 

 merely supplying them with food and shelter. The more 

 their comfort can be studied, the roomier their place of 

 captivity, the more they are surrounded by conditions 

 reproducing those of their native haunts, the happier they 

 will be, and the more enjoyment and instruction we shall 

 obtain when looking at them. Many of our newest improve- 

 ments are markedly in this direction. I may especially 

 mention the new inclosure for Wild Sheep near the Lion- 

 house in the South Garden, with its picturesque rockwork 

 and fall of water, and the large Aviary for Herons and 

 similar birds just completed on what used to be called the 

 Water-Fowls' Lawn. 



All such improvements can, however, only be carried 

 out by the continued aid of the public, either by becoming 

 permanently attached to the Society as Fellows or by 

 visiting the Gardens. I hope that this brief record of the 

 principal events of the Society's history will show that 

 such support is not undeserved by those to whom the 

 management of its affairs has been entrusted. 



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