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have got out. The doors and all the open- 

 ings in the Lion House had been hurriedly- 

 examined, even while the leopard was still 

 prowling about, but every fastening was just 

 as it had been left the night before, safely 

 barred and locked, and the whole thing ap- 

 peared a mystery until daylight appeared 

 when it was found that the snow leopard had 

 leaped through the skylight glass of his out- 

 door cage! 



The strength needed for this feat can read- 

 ily be imagined by anyone who cares to take 

 the trouble to look at any of the ordinary 

 thick glass which is used for skylights. The 

 extraordinary thing about the whole matter 

 was that the animal did not appear to have 

 cut himself in any way, but this may have 

 been owing to the thickness of his woolly 

 fur. Extra precautions have been taken now 

 and there is no possibility of Eng, Chang's 

 mate, or any occupant, getting out in that 

 way. 



Eng, the remaining snow leopard in the 

 New York Zoological Park, is also a fine speci- 



