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results. Both lions and tigers, even Indian tigers, withstood 
the cold admirably so long as they were free to wander in 
the open. It is true that I have at the back of my carnivore 
glen a shelter into which the animals can retreat at pleasure, 
and it is also true that this shelter was heated during some 
of the coldest days in the year. But the heating was merely 
intended to keep it free from ice, and the animals were at all 
times at liberty to wander, and in fact did wander, outside, 
every day, even in the rain and snow. One Indian panther 
which I had, became so much accustomed to the cold that it 
would not take advantage of the shelter, but lay out in the 
open all day on the branch of a tree. 
The most remarkable case that I have observed of the 
beneficial effects of fresh air was in the case of two young lions 
which on their first arrival I kept confined within doors ; but 
here they fell into a pitiable condition and I thought they 
were going to die. I then placed them out in the open, the 
only shelter provided being an ordinary box. Forthwith 
they began to improve, and they are now perfectly recovered 
and have developed into fine animals. 
Little has yet been done towards attempting the acclima- 
tisation of monkeys, but I have now under construction 
several large monkey houses designed specially for this pur- 
pose. In the case of the anthropoids, I have a couple 
of orangs already to a great extent acclimatised. They had 
been kept in captivity in Borneo for six years before they 
reached me, and on their arrival I placed them in a large 
waggon cage, whence they have been in the habit of coming 
out daily and walking round the gardens with their keepers. 
Their health has remained uniformly good—a clear proof 
that creatures even from the tropical climate of Borneo can 
be acclimatised in this country. 
There are, of course, many other animals that have been 
acclimatised besides those that I have mentioned. In the 
winter my animal park shows scarcely less life and activity 
than in the summer. Cyrus and crowned cranes, many exotic 
