102 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



waded several storks, cranes, and sacred ibises. This 

 was followed by a second duck-pond, backed by a large 

 rockery. We now come to a very realistic scene in 

 the shape of a rockery and pond containing seals and 

 cormorants. This is followed by yet another duck 

 lake. Passing on, we come to the elephant house. 

 This house, built in 1880, contains elephants, a hippo- 

 potamus, buffaloes, and wild asses. There is an Indian 

 elephant here which possesses the longest pair of tusks 

 I have ever seen in a captive animal. (The largest 

 African elephant, however, is in the Jardin des Plantes, 

 Paris.) He is a remarkably fine-looking creature. In 

 the centre of the hall is exhibited a pair of tusks which 

 are very even, but not nearly so line. The hippo- 

 potamus was roaring In fine style, turning back 

 somersaults, and plunging about in a manner quite 

 unusual in a captive specimen. In the same house 

 were a smaller Indian elephant and quite a young 

 African elephant. Next in order was a small-birds' 

 house containing German birds, with the eggs of each 

 displayed in glass cases. 



In the antelope house were a pair of the Southern 

 form of giraffe, Arabian gazelle, black buck, zebus, 

 West African inyala, with four young ones born 

 October 21, 1901, some nylgai, a young roan antelope, 

 an Oryx leucoryx, and a pair of water-buck. 



In an outdoor shed and paddock was a magnificent 

 American bison, shedding its winter coat. The lion 

 house, built in a crescent shape, with indoor and 

 outdoor cages, contains some remarkably fine animals. 

 There are a number of lions and tigers in a cage 

 together, a Cape hunting-dog, leopards, and hyrenas. 



