JARDIN D'ACCLIMATATION, PARIS 21 



cart, trotting zebu-cart, goat-cart, and llama-cart, 

 25 centimes; saddle-horse, 50 centimes. Tickets are 

 obtained at a kiosk close by. 



The African elephant Juliette was a present from 

 Victor Emmanuel, the late King of Italy, together 

 with Romeo, who died in 1886. It will be remem- 

 bered that these elephants replaced Castor and Pollux, 

 which were sold to the butchers for 27,000 francs 

 during the Siege of Paris in 1870. Close to the large 

 stable is a house containing the yaks from Thibet. 

 The cross between a yak and a zebu is called a ' dzo. ' 

 In the large stables are to be seen the South American 

 tapirs and the wart hogs from Africa. Burchell's zebra 

 and a pretty * mountain ' zebra are found in the same 

 building. By the side of the zebras are the kiangs 

 from High Asia and Mongolia. There are also many 

 hybrid animals and 100 guinea-pigs in one loose-box. 

 The right side of the big stables is inhabited by a 

 large giraffe ; this is the last survivor of a herd 

 received from Abyssinia in 1872, which has bred 

 several times in the Garden. 



On the other side of the main road is a large lawn, 

 which serves during the day to pasture the large 

 ruminants. Here are held the yearly exhibitions. 



The following exhibitions have been held : In 1877, 

 the Eskimos and Nubians ; in 1878, the Laps and 

 Russians; in 1879, the Nubians; in 1883, the Cin- 

 galese and Red Indians; in 1886, the Cingalese; in 

 1887, the Ashantis ; in 1888, the Hottentots, Cossacks, 

 and Circassians ; in 1889, the Laps and Norwegians ; 

 in 1890, the Somalis ; in 1891, the Dahomeans. 



We next come to the llama house, which includes 



