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way to reach the Zoological Gardens is by an ever- 

 ascending electric tram-car, which finally lands you 

 right in front of the ordinary entrance-gate. On 

 arrival there, you put a franc into a sort of missionary- 

 box made of tin, and are ushered through into the 

 Gardens by the gate-keeper. You are at once con- 

 fronted with a pretty little grotto arrangement, down 

 the rockwork of which trickles a waterfall. In the 



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basin at the foot of the fall are a number of flamingoes 

 wading about and feeding. 



The Gardens will be found to lie upon a steep hill- 

 side, upon w^hich walks and terraces are cut one above 

 another. On the second terrace you find a grotto, 

 with another waterfall higher than the one below. 

 This grotto is extremely picturesque, the situation of 

 the Garden on the hillside lending itself well to this 

 form of garden decoration. Here, at the foot of the 



