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now being bred in Europe. The prices offered were, 
however, not considered sufficient, and a prolonged 
negociation for the sale of the four young lions, aged 
nearly eighteen months, was only concluded at the 
commencement of the current year. 
The price which was obtained must under -all the 
circumstances of the case be considered satisfactory, and 
most decidedly remunerative, especially when it is 
remembered that these cubs have for twelve months 
afforded one of the most attractive sights in the gardens. 
Their removal permits the promotion to their den of 
two cubs of the last litter, namely, Queen’s, which were 
born on the 21st June last. 
During the current year it is intended to make an 
effort to obtain lion-tiger hybrids. It is probable that 
they would prove to be readily saleable on account of 
their great rarity. During the next twelve months 
we shall probably be able to say how far the experiment 
is likely to be successful. 
The present stock of lions stands.as follows :— 
Lion “ Paddy,” born 9th October, 1879 
Lioness ‘‘ Minnie,” bought 2nd February, 1883 
Lioness “ Queen,” bought 2nd February, 1883 
Lioness Cub (Minnie’s), born 24th October, 1886 
Lion Cub (Queen’s), born 6th November, 1886 
Lion and Lioness Cubs (Queen’s), born 1888 
aciall DHE Ree 
There have now been 143 lions belonging to 38 
litters born in the Gardens since 1857, namely, 81 males, 
61 females, and 1 of which the sex was not recorded. 
Out of the last 20, but one died, or rather had to be 
drowned, four are in stock, and 15 have been sold. The 
method of feeding and rearing which is adopted may be 
said to have fully exterminated all trace of rickets from 
the stock. Thus our experience has been very different 
from that of the Regent’s Park Gardens as set forth in a 
recent paper by Dr. Cheadle in the British Medical 
