LIFE AT STELLINGEN 233 
goats, and antelopes stand out prominently on the hillsides ; 
whilst below in the green valley may be seen brahma-zebus 
from India, grazing side by side with shaggy yaks from 
Mongolia, guanacoes from South America, and woolly lamas 
from Peru. Here also is to be found the great dromedary 
and the conspicuously marked zebra. Various kinds of deer 
which have come from distant lands mingle with their Ger- 
man congeners. Mighty buffaloes and tiny dwarf goats 
graze peaceably together ; and although all is peace and har- 
mony, the scene presented is one of incessant movement, 
the animals appearing to enjoy complete liberty. 
As one looks beyond this large prairie the spectacle pre- 
- sented becomes still more remarkable ; for, only a few steps 
from where the herbivores are enclosed, a number of lions 
may be observed wandering about in a rocky gorge, not shut 
in by any fence ; while beyond these again a high mountain 
fills the horizon, on which may be seen all manner of Alpine 
creatures. Outlined against the sky beyond a markhor-buck 
stands on a lofty ridge; and, even as we watch, it gallops 
off and takes a 
flying leap overa fe 
deep chasmlying > 
in its path. Just 
as on the plain § 
below many dif- 
ferent animals 
are collected to- 
gether, so also 
on this rocky mountain. Maned sheep from North Africa, 
the famous wild sheep of Siberia, large families of Hima- 
layan wild goats and many other species find here plenty 
of scope for the exercise of their rock-climbing proclivities. 
The liberty which is accorded to the animals, and which 
goes so far to relieve the distress that a life in captivity must 
mean, is not only apparent but real. In the case of the lions 
in particular there is amply sufficient space for them to exercise 
Flamingoes. 
