96 PLEASURES OF THE SPECTATORS. 
the cultivation of an object which has of- 
fered thus spontaneously, But, to pursue 
that cultivation, it must enlarge and alter 
the sort of enclosure which it has allot- 
ted to its Bears; and it is by doing this 
that it will, at the same time, promote the 
health and long life of the Bears them- 
selves, and manifest a humane consideration, 
not alone for their indulgence in their plea- 
sures, but for the removal of their wants. 
The ‘ Bearwards’ of old are their examples 
in the performance of these duties. It is 
true, that those had but in view the health, 
the strength, and the preservation of their 
cattle; but the Zoological Society, though 
with nobler motives to boot, are bound to 
consider even these. What I ask is, the 
removal of the poor animals from this dank 
pit, scarcely even to be dried either by wind 
or sun; andthe enlargement of their sphere 
of action, and of popular entertainment, be- 
yond the solitary motion of ascending and 
descending a ‘ ragged staff,’ and sitting upon 
damp stones, receiving or expecting fruit or 
cates! But, to those ends, they should have 
an enclosure open to the sun and winds ; and 
