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weapons, dress, etc., from all parts of the world, and 

 many draped waxen figures (life-size) of Chinese and 

 Japanese. Behind this museum are some black-and- 

 white yaks from Thibet, and several zebras from India. 

 Further on is the skeleton museum, and after that we 

 come to a hippopotamus house, containing two speci- 

 mens of this huge pachyderm. They are very well 



YAK, AMSTERDAM. 



housed, having, besides their large bathing-tanks 

 inside, an outdoor playground and water-tank. Pass- 

 ing through a large conservatory, full of trees and 

 plants, we come to an extremely picturesque seal 

 grotto, and close by a deer shed. 



The aquarium is reached next, for admission to 

 Avhich an extra charge of fifty cents is made. This 



