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existence ; it was sold by auction by Messrs. Moss and Jameson 

 at East Croydon on July 14th, 1910, the total sum realised 

 being, according to the ' Daily Mail ' of July 15th, 1910, about 

 ^61400. 



The menagerie, when I saw it, contained seventy-four mam- 

 mals, representing thirty species, and there were also fourteen 

 Parrots and two Emus. At the sale the African Lion, "Prince," 

 born in the menagerie May 30th, 1905 (so, then, five years 

 one and a half months old), fetched jGIOO,* but his mother, 

 "Victoria," a Lioness imported from Somaliland, only realized 

 ^614; "Emperor," an imported Indian Tiger, believed to be 

 about nine years old, went for i£105. A Bear only fetched i'2. 

 Jackals were bought for £1 15s. to £1 5s. each, and Wolves at 

 £1 each. The Ceylonese female Elephant, "Lowla," said to be 

 nine years old, sold for £190, and the male Indian Elephant, 

 "Babs," said to be five years old, fetched £150. 



(iii) Earl's Court, London. 



The Hungarian Exhibition at Earl's Court in 1908 contained 

 several things of zoological interest ; omitting the models of 

 domestic animals and the purely agricultural-zoological exhibits, 

 the following may be mentioned : — 



First, the exhibit of the Hungarian Central Ornithological 

 Office, consisting of feeding-boxes, artificial nesting-holes, stuffed 

 birds, coloured plates, maps of bird migration, &c., carefully 

 arranged by Mr. Titus Csorgez, under the direction of Dr. Otto 

 Herman. 



Secondly, the large group of stuffed Hungarian animals, in 

 eluding Red, Fallow, and Roe Deer, Chamois, Muflon (intro 

 duced into Hungary from the Mediterranean), Boar, Lynx, Bear 

 Eagle, Waterfowl, &c., mounted by the Budapest taxidermist 

 Mr. Frederick Rosonowsky. 



Thirdly, the Menagerie (proprietor, Mr. Frank C. Bostock 

 manager, Mr. R. J. Aginton), which I visited on three occasions. 

 Excluding horses, ponies, and domestic dogs, it contained about 

 one hundred and five mammals, representing about twenty-seven 

 species, three birds, and a few reptiles. The large Felidce 

 formed the chief part of the show. I saw twenty-six Lions 

 - Prices, ^^e 'Daily Mail,' July 15th, 1910. 



