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the price of entrance is less. On fete-days the com- 

 mittee reserve the right of raising the prices. 



Season-tickets for famihes of 3 people are 20 marks ; 

 for more than 3 people, 25 marks ; for one person, 10 

 marks ; for students, schools, etc., 5 marks. 



Shareholders have free entrance on showing their 

 cards, which are not transferable. On fete-days the 

 Director can order extra payment to be made by the 

 shareholders. No dogs are admitted, and no teasing 

 of the animals is allowed. No walking on grass or 

 flower-beds, and no picking of flowers is permitted. 

 No animals may be fed with grass or foliage, nor with 

 cooked or raw meat. No one may get over the barrier, 

 the penalty being eviction from the Garden ; and the 

 offender is also answerable for all damage done either 

 to himself or to the animals. 



After passing the turnstile, one is confronted with a 

 large artificial rock-work grotto and w^aterfall. Passing 

 through a second fine grotto, we see pheasant pens, 

 and next to them some bear dens, the latter with 

 hand-painted backgrounds. The lion house is brand- 

 new, and well built and appointed. It contains a 

 valuable collection of big cats, including several lions 

 (one with a magnificent mane), two baby lions, and two 

 baby servals a few weeks old. 



It being Whit Sunday when I saw the Garden, the 

 crowd was so great that one could scarcely get through 

 the house. At the end of it was a well-executed 

 stained-glass window, depicting two lions among rocks 

 looking over a large open plain. 



There are some large duck-ponds and a house for 



