ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, LONDON i8i 



In 1837 Her Majesty Queen Victoria signified her 

 pleasure to become Patroness of the Society. An 

 orang-outang was purchased for £100, and a cage was 

 put up for it. 



On June 19, 1839, a young male giraffe was born, 

 the first recorded instance of this species breeding in 

 captivity, but it died nine days after. 



On May 27, 1841, a young male giraffe was born, 

 the first ever reared in captivity. 



In 1843 a new carnivora terrace was completed. 

 Jenny, the orang, died. 



In 1844 a polar-bears' den and bath were erected. 



In 1846 the largest of the giraffes died, having been 

 upwards of eleven years in confinement. 



In 1850 a young hippopotamus was presented to 

 the Society by Abbas Pasha. 



In 1851, Ipy bequest from the late President, the 

 Earl of Derby, the Society acquired the herd of elands 

 (two males and three females) which was the origin of 

 the Society's stock of this important animal. 



In 1852 Plis Royal Highness Prince Albert was 

 President. The drainage of the Gardens, begun in 

 1851, was completed. A python house, a chimpanzee 

 house, and an aquatic vivarium were made. A Ped 

 Piver hog; was obtained. 



In 1854 the hippopotamus house, with a large bath 

 and mxassive iron railings, was completed. The most 

 important addition was the female hippopotamus, 

 Adhela, presented by the Pasha of Egypt. The 

 Society now possessed a pair of these huge pachyderms. 

 These animals bred in 1872, and the female is still 

 living (1902) in the Gardens. 



