SO 
BEARS, BEAR-PITS, AND BEAR-GARDENS. 
PARIS-GARDEN.—= OLD AND NEW BEAR-GARDENS. == 
GLOBE, HOPE, AND OTHER THEATRES.—-PRINCELY 
PLEASURES OF KENILWORTH.—BEAR-PITS, PONDS, 
AND SCAFFOLDS.—IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE GARDEN 
OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—NATURE AND HABITS 
OF THE POLAR BEAR. — ATTACHMENTS OF BEARS 
AND OF WHALES. 
‘“¢ | SHALL be excused, perhaps,” said, one 
day, Mr. Dartmouth, “ for the remark, if even 
it applies only to a whimsical coincidence 
of names, that when Bears were formerly 
kept in England for public show, the place 
of their abode was called Paris Garden ; 
and that, now, we find them, in what is a copy 
of a garden in Paris—the Jardin des Plantes. 
At the same time, there is possibly more 
than a coincidence of names; for Paris may 
have given the example in both instances !” 
‘Oh! where is Paris Garden?” said George; 
