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a wild-sheep rockery, we come to the monkey house, 

 which, however, is comparatively small and disappoint- 

 ing. In front of some pretty beds of tulips is a truly 

 magnificent elephant house, built in imitation of a 

 Hindoo temple, the domes painted in yellow, brown, 

 and blue. In the centre of this palatial house is placed 

 the skeleton of a full-grown elephant. The ceiling is 

 supported by huge columns, with two carved elephant- 

 heads on the top of each. The house contains three 

 Indian elephants, two African elephants, one Indian 

 rhino, and some tapirs. Huge sliding-doors lead out 

 into large open-air paddocks fitted with baths. Behind 

 the elephant house are the wild-swine sheds. 



We now come to another finely decorated and well- 

 constructed house— the ostrich house. It is painted 

 inside and out with large, ancient Egyptian figures of 

 men and birds. At one end of the interior is a very 

 realistic painting of two huge stone Egyptian figures 

 in a sitting position, bathed in a gorgeous sunset. The 

 columns and the ceiling in this house should also be 

 noticed. It contains a good collection of ostriches and 

 cassowaries. The next house with large water-tank 

 contains two hippopotami. Opposite a high tower 

 (entrance fee ten pfennig, which goes towards the 

 animals' food) is a very long line of pheasant pens, all 

 prettily planted with tiny shrubs and trees. 



Passing a large llama and tahr rockery we come to 

 the antelope house, built in an oval shape with 

 minarets, the huge balls at the top covered with gilt. 

 It contains some rare animals. There are water-buck, 

 harnessed antelope, inyala, several Oryx leucoryx, two 

 addax, a beautiful pair of giraffes (South African form), 



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