CHAPTER XXVIII 



ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, ST. PETERSBURG : DIRECTOR, 

 ANTUSCHEWITZ 



This is a curious Garden in a curious city. When I 

 say 'Garden,' I mean a collection of animals in cages, 

 with a number of cafes chantants dotted about. After 

 passing the entrance, there is a large cafe in front of 

 one, in which a really good band plays. Just opposite 

 is a huge theatre, partly open to the air, and surround- 

 inof it are other smaller theatres and cafes. On the 

 left are some bears and a good collection of foxes and 

 wolves. In another house, in which is a large tank, 

 there are two fine hippopotami. In this house is the 

 stuffed skin of a baby hippo which was born in the 

 Garden, as well as some living tapirs and some curious- 

 looking Russian dogs. The next house contains a 

 pair of very handsome Burchell's zebras, some nylgai, 

 brindled and white-tailed gnus, and some rare little 

 dwarf antelopes. 



Opposite this house are stork and crane pens. In 

 an elephant house, built in 1892, are two large Indian 

 elephants, and close by them are some duck-ponds, 

 containing ducks, geese, flamingoes, storks, and pelicans. 

 Next to these ponds we come to some large aviaries, 

 the first containing birds of prey, including some large 



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