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achieved the best results, while Professor Heck of the Berlin 
Zoological Gardens has been very successful in imitating the 
natural surroundings of the animals. At the Zoological Gar- 
dens at Copenhagen I was glad to find that many recom- 
mendations which I had made five years previously had been 
put into practice by Director Schiott with excellent results. In 
particular, the monkeys had been provided with an outer en- 
closure, to which they had access at all times. Under this 
treatment they had flourished so well that I endeavoured to 
purchase some, but the director was not to be persuaded to 
part with any. 
One result of the acclimatisation of animals is that the erec- 
tion of Zoological Gardens is no longer the expensive matter 
that it used to be. The massive houses with costly heating 
arrangements can all be dispensed with, and there is no reason 
at all why every town of 100,000 inhabitants should not have 
its Zoological Gardens. The planning required is both simple 
and economical, and there would be little risk of loss. 
Besides myself, various private persons in different parts ot 
the world have achieved considerable success in acclimatisa- 
tion. ‘The famous Falz-Fein keeps all the animals on his 
estate in the Crimea out in the open. The Duke of Bedford 
similarly keeps his fine collection roaming at large about the 
great park at Woburn. Mr. Walter Rothschild also has in 
his parks very fine collections. What greater pleasure can 
there be to a private gentleman than that of maintaining and 
establishing personal friendships with a large collection of 
foreign animals! 
I now have to touch upon one of the most serious prob- 
lems with which the animal lover is confronted—I mean the 
approaching extermination of many of the finest kinds of wild 
beasts. Antelopes, giraffes, and many other species become 
scarcer year by year, and the difficulties of procuring 
them are constantly increasing. In order that they 
may be saved, large reserves should without delay be estab- 
lished. If it is not done soon, it will be too late. The finest 
