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of a summer's evening. They do not stand 

 upright upon their feet, but seem to steal along 

 as in fear, their belly being nearly close to the 

 ground, advancing a few steps at a time, and then 

 pausing. They have something very mild, feeble- 

 like, and timid in their deportment, are gentle 

 and easily tamed, though when roughly handled 

 at first they bite severely. The eyes of the 

 Klipdas are so bright that they assist the aim 

 of the Cape sportsmen in the dusk of the evening. 

 It is said by gourmets that Providence made one 

 mistake in the creation of the world in not 

 making the Snipe as large as a Swan ; if the 

 Cape cooks be right, the Klipdas should have 

 been as large as his cousin, the Rhinoceros. 



The most remarkable additions to the Gardens, 

 during the year, were the following :— a fine 

 young Tiger, presented by General Montgomery, 

 a fine Male Red Kangaroo, and the following 

 animals born in the Gardens : — 1 Stanley Musk 

 Deer Fawn, 1 Sambur Fawn, 2 Llamas. 4 Wolves, 

 Red Deer Fawn, Guanacco. 



