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extremes of heat and cold during transit, and so forth. Instruetiong based 
on this experience are given in this work under the sub-heading ‘ Transport,” 
for the guidance of the managers of other menageries, and of those who deal 
in fer nature, and have often to export and import them. It is advised that 
animals from the higher altitudes of the Himalayas should not he 
brought down to the plains except during the cold season, even for the purpose 
of sending them away to some other congenial climate. During a sea voyage, 
animals peculiar to cold climates should, when passing warmer latitudes, be 
placed near the ice-house of the Steamer, and the cages containing tropical 
animals should, on approaching cold latitudes or during rough weather, be 
kept near the engine-house, as severe cold kills them. Further, most elaborate 
directions for the constructing and furnishing of transport-cages and selection 
of animals to be exported are given, 
Under the heading of “ Treatment in Sickness,” detailed information is given 
in the work, regarding the various ailments from which animals in the Gardens 
have been found to suffer, the treatment adopted, and the remedies adminis- 
tered in each case, together with a short account of the results obtained, 
The diseases from which lions in the Calcutta Gardens have been observed 
to suffer are paralysis, congestion of the lungs, dysentery and diarrhea, In 
cases of paralysis, anodines in the shape of camphor and Soap liniment are 
freely rubbed over their limbs with a short mop, in order to alleviate their 
sufferings, When the disease assumed serious proportions, strychnia in doses 
of } grain was given morning and evening, but without effect, In a case of 
pulmonary congestion, the chest was alternately poulticed and fomented, while 
carbonate of ammonia and chloric ether, mixed with vinegar, were administer- 
ed internally every two hours, but to no purpose, as the animal succumbed to 
the disease. Festering wounds and injuries received accidentally or in 
fighting have been observed to heal up on constantly injecting into the sore 
parts a weak solution of corrosive sublimate with a garden syringe, Rheuma- 
tism, adiposity, intestinal worms, ingrowing nails, epilepsy are some among the 
various ailments that afflict tigers and leopards in the Gardens, Their liability 
to rheumatism has been minimised by giving each of them a wooden platform 
to sleep upon, Ingrown nails are removed by surgical operations, and a dose 
or two of santonine has been found efficacious as a vermifuge. Dysentery 
and diarrhoea have been found to afflict the other members of the Felide at 
Alipore, as also the Hunting leopard (Cynelurus Jjubatus); only the Ocelot 
(Felis pardalis) suffered from severe cold and pulmonary inflammation, Some 
species of the Canide in the Gardens have been liable to attacks of paralysis, 
diarrheea, fits or convulsions, and skin-disease, the later yielding to constant 
washing of the body with carbolic Soap and tepid water and afterwards 
painting it with a solution of phenyle. Bearsin the collection have been 
found to suffer from diarrhcea, dysentery, hepatic disorders, convulsions, 
ulcers, teething, and pulmonary inflammation, Ulcers yielded to the 
