CHAPTER XXYII 



ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, FBANKFORT-ON-MAIN : 

 DIRECTOR, D. SEITZ 



This Garden was founded in 1858. In 1895 the 

 income was £10,250, and in 1900, £12,850 — an increase 

 of 25 per cent, in five years. The vexatious custom of 

 taking away one's camera is in vogue also here. 



On entering the Garden, which has an extent of 

 seventeen and a half acres, the visitor will be struck at 

 once by the care taken of the roads, paths, lawns, and 

 flower-beds. The parrot stands are first encountered, 

 leading to an aviary containing a fine collection of 

 peacocks and Argus pheasants. Passing the band- 

 stand and a pond on our right, we come to a large 

 lion house. This is quite one of the best constructed 

 lion houses in Europe, and contains a young pair of 

 black-maned lions from Somaliland, and a pair of 

 Abyssinian lions, the male of which was given to Baron 

 von Erlanger, the famous traveller, by the Negus 

 Menelik during the former's last African expedition. 

 The female was given by Pas Makonnen. There is 

 also to be seen here a Siberian tiger. In summer this 

 animal loses its thick coat, which comes ofi" in large 

 flakes. 



Close by is a house for smaller cats, and here I 



