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your Council, during the same period, has successfully 
reared four male cubs. The attractions of the gardens 
have thus become substantially increased by the 
addition of six fine young lions, whose prospective 
value cannot be estimated at less than £500. 
Success has at last crowned your Council's efforts 
to rear Brazilian Ocelots, and our collection now con- 
tains several of these rare and beautiful cats, born and 
reared in the Dublin Gardens. 
Two Himalayan Bear cubs have been successfully 
reared during the year, a circumstance entirely with- 
out example in the history of Zoological Gardens. 
Many distinguished Naturalists among our Mem- 
bers availed themselves of this unique opportunity of 
observing the sanitary precautions of the mother Bear, 
who, ata fixed hour each morning, when the sun shone, 
might be observed airing the straw bed of her cubs 
in the sunshine, turning it over, literally, straw by 
straw ; and as the process was noted to last from 35 
to 55 minutes, all curious Naturalists had ample time 
for observation. 
It is understood that a Member of Council will 
shortly publish a treatise on the subject, under the 
title of “Short Notes on Arctotrophy.” 
This treatise will be followed by another publication 
on the management of Elephants, entitled ‘‘ Zlephanto- 
pedia.” 
These contributions to Zoologival Science will, in 
the opinion of your Council, tend to mitigate the 
regret of your Members at the discontinuance of the 
Garden Lectures. 
