130 THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



was a giraffe house, but, alas ! the animals are no more. 

 The handsomely painted antelope house contains a very 

 fair collection, including, amongst others, a beautiful 

 pair of water-buck. There were also camels, zebras, 

 and an Indian anoa ; the latter, again, is seldom seen in 

 captivity. The collection of wapiti ' hog ' and other 

 deer is really good. There was a monkey house, well 

 built and well filled. Close by some wolves' dens there 

 was one of the few specimens of chamois I have seen 

 in captivity. Near some American bison sheds is a 

 goat with four remarkably shaped horns. Close by is 

 a bears' castle. The Garden, when I saw it, was 

 simply packed with country folk, it being the Whit- 

 suntide holidays. The crowd in front of the stage of 

 the open-air theatre was so dense that it was almost 

 impossible to catch even a glimpse of the music-hall 

 entertainment which was going on all the afternoon. 



Whilst I was taking photographs, a gentleman 

 walked quickly up to me and began a long harangue 

 in a very angry tone of voice, accompanied by scowls 

 and many gestures of disapprobation. I listened atten- 

 tively until he had finished, and then asked : ' Spraken 

 ze English V Whereupon he turned on his heel and 

 walked off as quickly as he had come, not to reappear 

 aofain. 



