126 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



the Garden, on the annuals, and on buildings for them. 

 The price of one share was £10, payable by instalments, 

 and 2,000 shares were issued. The holder of one share 

 was allowed free admittance to the Garden ; the 

 holder of two or more shares could enter with four of 

 his family. 



WAPITI HULL, ])HKS]>KN. 



The most flourishing period for all Zoological Gardens 

 — when it became a mania to found Gardens in every 

 town — began in the early sixties. Then there came a 

 reaction. In 1859, 21,462 people paid to enter the old 

 Garden at Dresden, paying £349 ; the cost of keeping 

 it up was £236. 



The site was a beautiful one. Thirty-nine animals 



