124 T^HE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



wading - birds. The antelope house contains nylgai, 

 Oryx beisa, Oryx leucoryx, white-tailed gnus, several 

 zebras, and a tiny black bear cub. 



In another house was the finest collection of striped 

 hysenas I have as yet seen together. There was a new 

 and well-built monkey house, but the crowd was so 

 dense that it was impossible, in the short time at my 

 disposal, to see the whole of the contents of it. I 

 noticed, however, some fine baboons. Crossing a 

 bridge, you come to deer and buffalo pens together, 

 with cages containing smaller animals. The Garden 

 walks had just been re-covered with fresh gravel, and 

 the deluofe of rain soon converted these walks into two 

 inches of mud, through which the crowds of men, 

 women, and children were obliged to wade. It was 

 almost impossible to take photographs, owing to the 

 rain and the huge crowds of children, who would insist 

 on collecting before the lens directly one took out one's 

 camera. 



