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are also enclosures for different sorts of pigeons. On 

 the left are the enclosures of the sheep and goats. 

 After passing the duck-ponds you reach the kangaroo 

 house, and on the left the cattle enclosures. Here the 

 broad road round the Garden divides itself into two ; 

 to the right it leads to the Neuilly Gate and Saint 

 James, to the left to the big stable, before which 

 stands a spacious lawn, where the large ruminants 

 graze during the day. Round this lawn the elephants 

 and horses, with various carriages, carry visitors and 

 children. Continuing to follow the big circular road, 

 you find on the right, a little behind the stables, a 

 collection of vines (the most beautiful and most com- 

 plete in the world), the bee-house, the dairy, and the 

 refreshment-room ; to the left, the huts of the llamas 

 and alpacas, the moufflon rock and the antelope house. 

 Next, you visit the aquarium, situated on the right 

 of the large circular road, and then the experimenting 

 garden and the dog-kennels, which face the deer en- 

 closures. Having returned to the big conservatory 

 close by, you find another conservatory full of paro- 

 quets and small cage-birds from hot countries. 



The middle of the Garden is cut by an artificial 

 river, upon the banks of which are placed enclosures 

 for geese, ducks, and water-birds. It forms in front 

 of the lawn of the big conservatories a large lake 

 covered with swans, flocks of ducks, some cormorants 

 and seals. 



The monkey house is an oblong; building 15 metres 

 lone; and 9 metres broad. The walls are covered with 

 earthenware slabs. In front of the building is an 

 immense cage, where the strongest of the monkeys can 



