76 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



15 yards long and 8 yards wide. At the back of the 

 rock are huts for the seals. 



Eetracing our steps, we come to the buffalo houses, 

 three pretty, massive wood-block houses. In one are 

 to be found no less than five American bisons ; in the 

 others are the Indian bison, the yak, the Cape buffalo, 

 the gaur, the banting from Java, and the gayal. 



Going back over the bridge, we see to the right, 

 rather hidden by bushes, a road leading to the ante- 

 lope and elephant house, fitted with large outside pens 

 with water-tanks. Here is to be seen a hippopotamus. 

 Opposite the tank is a beaver enclosure ; not far from 

 the beaver house is the otter tank, with perpetually 

 flowing water. The so-called elephant house is a 

 plaster building in the Moorish style, with little towers 

 and minarets. Going through folding-doors, we step 

 into a wide hall. Near the door are the equidse. The 

 idea of uniting the antelopes and elephants is for the 

 sake of economy. The pens are separated from each 

 other by rolling doors. The animals are fed from the 

 front. There are one African and two Indian elephants. 

 The Indian female elephant has been in the Garden 

 since 1872 and is now thirty-two years old ; the 

 African elephant, a young male, is eight years old — 

 Mangasia he is called, after the famous Abyssinian Has. 

 The old hippo, which was born in Antwerp, is now 

 dead, and has been replaced by a baby one. This 

 little fellow tumbles about in his tank in a most 

 amusing manner. 



Tapirs, Indian and American, are foinid in this 

 house. Amongst the ruminants are the anoa, an 

 addax, a magnificent sable, Orijx beisa, and three Ori/x 



