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POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



LONG-LIPPED SLOTH BEAR, 



THE RACCOON TREE. 



The Raccoons' Tree.— A permanent installation for Rac- 

 coons has been established near the southern end of the 

 Bear Dens, where its inmates will be near their plantigrade 

 relatives. At the foot of the steps leading down from the 

 Rocking Stone, a cedar-tree, forty feet in height, has been 

 enclosed by an elliptical iron fence provided with a sheet- 

 metal overhang which is not negotiable by any Procyon. 

 Inside the fence is a dry yard, a pool of water for all 

 purposes, and the trunk of the tree is surrounded by a 

 rustic shelter house, divided into ten warm and dry com- 

 partments. Underneath the house is a clean and smooth 

 wooden floor, on which the food is served. 



The smooth, horizontal limbs of a cedar-tree are grateful 

 and comforting to a dozing Raccoon, and the tree is not so 

 high that the animals can climb beyond the visual power of 

 the visitor. 



THE BEAVER POND, No. 29. 



Hidden awaj^ in a deep valley between high hills of virgin 

 forest lies the Beaver Pond. The spot is so secluded, so 



