I go THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF EUROPE 



Admission : adults, one shilling ; children, sixpence. 

 Secretary : Dr. P. L. Sclater. 

 Superintendent : Mr. Clarence Bartlett. 



These Gardens are so well known to us that only a 

 short description of a walk round will be necessary. 

 They occupy at the present time an area of about 

 thirty-one acres in the Regent's Park, The Gardens 

 are divided by the Inner Circle and the Ptegent's 

 Canal into three portions, known as the South Garden, 

 the Middle Garden, and the North Garden. 



Entering by the main entrance and turning as usual 

 to the left, we reach the eastern aviary and the northern 

 pond. Passing some llama pens and turning again to 

 the left, a tunnel leads to some of the most important 

 houses in the Gardens. After the parrot house, con- 

 taining a very rich collection, we find the elephant 

 house, which contains some remarkable animals — 

 Indian and African elephants, Sumatran rhinos and 

 Indian rhinos. This house has large open-air paddocks 

 with water-tanks. ' Jingo,' the big African elephant, 

 has been in the Gardens since 1882. We now come 

 to Houses Nos. 60 and Gl, containing the hippopotami 

 and girafPes respectively. At the present time (July, 

 1902) there are two hippopotami, one giraffe of the 

 Southern form, acquired in 1895, and two giraffes of 

 the Northern form, just added. 



We next come to the wild asses and zebras, which 

 form a series having no rival in Europe. Here are to 

 be seen specimens of all the four known zebras — 

 Burchell's, Grdvy's, Grant's, and the mountain zebra — 

 besides the onager, the kiang, the Egyj)tian wild ass. 



