WESTPHALIAN ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, MUNSTER 89 



The Garden contained several medallions in bronze, 

 with portraits of benefactors struck upon them. These 

 medallions were framed in brick towers covered with 

 ivy, and each was surmounted by one large bird. In 

 a corner of the Garden is a museum of antiquities 

 connected with the Anabaptist rising in 1534-35, when 

 John of Ley den called himself King of Miinster. Here 

 also, hanging upon a wall, are iron cages with effigies 

 within them of John of Ley den and his two friends, 

 who were executed within them ; below are a set of 

 iron torture instruments. Opposite a large concert- 

 hall is a den containing two polar bears and two brown 

 bears, the latter in very good coat. There is a quaint 

 dark aquarium, the walls covered with imitation rock 

 and stalactites, containing a variety of fishes. Alto- 

 gether this Garden is M^ell worth a visit, as there are 

 some very striking and uncommon objects to be seen 

 in it. 



