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but he could not appreciate the advantages of* a 

 crooked handle. 



The elephant house is a plain but roomy building, 

 containing at present a male and two female Indian 

 elephants, which are used in the Gardens, and a 

 very fine male rhinoceros and female hippopotamus, 



CHIMPANZEE, CONSUL I., MANCHESTER. 

 (By kind pel-mission of Messrs. J. Jennison and Co., Manchester.; 



both added in 1876 and yet in the finest condition. 

 They are very savage, in marked contrast to the 

 preceding rhinoceros, which was allowed to roam the 

 grounds, and had to be driven for exhibition from his 

 mud bath in the lake on the warm summer days. 



