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leucoryx (both the latter have bred here), the gnu, 

 some Arabian gazelles, and a dwarf antelope with a 

 young one, the latter in a special glass cage with bars 

 on the top. This cage stands on a table. In the cages 

 are sleeping compartments. In the centre of the room 

 was a glass case containing four baby kangaroos, and 

 a pretty sight it was to see them playing with each 

 other. There are a pair of Somaliland wild asses, which 

 have bred here, and also Burchell's and Chapman's 

 zebras. 



The small-cats' house is not a beautiful edifice ; the 

 cages are very narrow and badly lighted. Here are 

 to be seen the serval, the caracul, leopard, zorilla, 

 ichneumon, etc. ; the local animals have the worst 

 caofes in the Garden. 



Close to the small- cats' house is the large-cats' 

 house, an unpretentious building, which has ten exten- 

 sive semicircular cages. The outside cages are roofed 

 over and have cement floors ; inside, the cages are 

 floored with wood. The four biggest cages have 

 grottoes at the back, also wooden floors. The grottoes, 

 however, are difficult to clean. The floors, which slope 

 to the front for drainage, can be taken out. Bars can 

 be put in to divide one cage into two if necessary. 

 Tree-trunks are put inside. When the Rhine over- 

 flowed in 1882 and 1884, the cats saved themselves 

 from being drow^ned by climbing up these tree-trunks. 

 Two marks on the eagle aviary show the height of the 

 water on those occasions. Many ducks and swans 

 swam away and were killed by so-called sportsmen. 

 The Garden was turned into a Rhenish Venice, and 

 the feeding was carried on in boats. In the house are 



