12 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN. 
know, the other day, first by the strange 
noises of the Kmoos, and next by the long 
string of stories about foreign birds and 
beasts, and whales, and sharks, and great 
sea-battles, that the old Admiral told us, all 
the way from the Garden to our house, and 
which were the prettiest stories that could 
be;—but you were interrupted, you know, 
just when you were going to give us a full 
account of the Garden, how and when it 
came to be planted, who planted it, and why 
it is called Zoological? Our maid, Susan, 
says she is sure Zulogical (as she calls it) is 
some kind of tree that grows here, as mangel- 
wurzel grows in the Park; and that a Zulo- 
gical Garden must be full of Zulogicals, as 
flower-gardens are full of flowers! Only 
* think, Uncle, how silly Susan is!” 
** Not silly, my dear, but uninformed. 
Susan has not been so lucky as you, in be- 
ing told the meaning of such a fine word 
as this ZO-0-LOGICAL, of which, as I sus- 
pect, three-fourths, at the least, of all the 
good people in town and country, knew 
neither the meaning nor the pronunciation, 
some three or four years ago!” 
