THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, ROTTERDAM 53 



and thirteen morning concerts are given. On the 

 Queen's birthday there is an additional display of fire- 

 works. 



In 1901 the expenses amounted to 169,300 guilders 

 90 cents, and the receipts were 170,847 guilders 94 

 cents, giving a surplus of 1,547 guilders 4 cents. 



The concerts during the summer months take place 

 every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m., and on Sundays 

 at 2.30 or 8 p.m. The lions are fed at 2.30. 



These are fine Gardens, and contain a magnificent 

 concert-hall. The first house encountered contains, in 

 separate pens, an oryx antelope, a gnu, nylgai, yaks, 

 zebus, Indian buffaloes and American bison. Near a 

 bear house, containing black, brown, European and 

 grizzly bears, and striped hyaenas, is a very fine bird- 

 of-prey aviary. 



One of the prettiest sights in the Gardens was a 

 family of waterbuck — two female, one male, and a baby. 

 The wild-sheep grotto, surmounted by a tower, was 

 extremely picturesque, and up and down the rockwork 

 jumped guanacos, alpacas, llamas, wild goats, Barbary 

 sheep, moufflons, ibex and chamois. There was a 

 pretty duck- pond and lake, crossed by two wooden 

 bridges. The airy lion house, with seventeen dens, 

 contained a jaguar, lions, leopards, cheetah, two black 

 leopards and pumas. Close by was a camel house, a 

 monkey house with outdoor summer cages, and a very 

 good collection of pheasants. 



Crowds of children proved a great nuisance whilst I 

 was attempting to take photographs. There was a 

 large open-air cage, in which herons, storks and gulls 

 flew about at will. There was a pigeon house, with a 



