128 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



A fish-breedinoi' establlsbmeiit also exists here. In 

 1884 the first eggs were received — 1,000 salmon and 

 1,000 trout. The old monkey house was so damp and 

 unhealthy that a new one had to be built in 1886. In 

 1890 and 1891 a laro-e number of animals and birds 

 was acquired, including bull and fox terriers, hares, 

 mice, tortoises, wolves, sheep, doves, finches, gold-fish, 

























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etc. In 1900 there were born in the Garden : in April, 

 8 cross-bred swine, 1 Angora sheep, and 1 moufflon ; 

 in May, 4 wolves, 2 Barbary sheep, 2 deer, 1 Burchell's 

 zebra, and 1 wild ass ; in June, 1 Indian buffalo, 1 hog 

 deer, and 1 cross-bred ass ; in July, 1 wild sheep. And 

 in February, 1901, there were born in the Garden : 

 1 Indian buffalo, 1 wild sheep, and 2 moufflons (cross 



