CHAPTER VI 



THE GARDENS OF THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL AND 

 BOTANICAL SOCIETY, THE HAGUE (s'GRAVENAGe) : 

 DIRECTOR, DR. DIETZ 



These Gardens were opened in 1863. 



In 1902 many alterations and repairs were done to 

 the concert-house, the stage, and the aquarium. The 

 museum and the library were enlarged. Important 

 restorations were made in one of the old pheasant 

 houses and in the crane house. 



In 1902 the following^ creatures were in the Gardens: 

 126 animals of 36 species; 7^7 birds of 220 species. 

 The income of 1900 was £4,751 ; of 1901, £4,184. 



The Zoological Gardens at ' den Haag ' are very dif- 

 ferent from those at Amsterdam. On paying half a 

 gulden at the entrance, we first come upon a pen 

 occupied by a pair of peacocks. Close by is a guinea- 

 pig and Dutch rabbit house, and then we reach an 

 extremely rude Indian elephant, which throws sand 

 at us. This animal is found in a house built in the 

 Eastern style, with minarets, and has an open-air 

 paddock. There is rather a nice aviary, containing 

 parrots (some of which speak English as well as 



