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excel in variety of selection, felicity of arrange- 
ment, and humanity of treatment. When the 
Dublin Zoological Society took over the grounds 
there were fonly three buildings, a substantial 
dwelling-house, and a small cottage. The first 
was occupied by Mr. Godden, who undertook the 
keeping of the animals for a yearly salary of £30. 
The start was modest. For over a year there was 
only one animal — a wild boar. In September, 
1830, Mr. Godden received £2 for attending to> the 
wild boar, in June, 1831, a similar sum was given 
him "for feeding the pig." The cottage was oc- 
cupied by a woma who proved more troublesome 
than the pig. Mrs. Rourke was anxious to' secure 
fixity of tenure. She was told she would not be 
removed immediately. In 18<32l she was repri- 
manded for hanging out her linen in the gardens, 
and in April, 1835, she was told if she did not 
clear out before the next meeting she would for- 
feit her pension or allowance. 
THE MONKEY HOUSE. 
In June, 1839, Mr. D'rewet, late keeper of 
the King's menagerie, was appointed Superin- 
tendent, and Mr. Decimus Burton was engaged 
to draw out plans for a proper arrangement of 
the gardens. In June, 1831, the animals com- 
menced to arrive — 14 wapiti deer, 1 nylghai, 2 
ostriches, 2! emusi, and other animals. From this 
time, through vigorous and enthusiastic manage- 
ment, the Gardens began to prosper, and rapidly 
increase in the sumber of its exhibits. Entering 
by the rustic thatched lodge we t J urn to the right, 
and find the bison compound containing two of 
these hunchback animals, which were presented 
by the Canadian Govvernment in 1913, from Al- 
berta, where the last remnants of fhe breed are 
preserved. In captivity they do not suggest the 
wild buffaloes of the prairie, so vividly described 
in the pages of Fennimore Cooper and our own 
novelist, Mayne Reid. In the "1830 House" ap- 
pears a tapir from Brazilj, a docile pig-like animal 
with a flexible proboscis. He is worthy of note, 
for from him is descended the great equine family. 
Look at his hoofs. Far back in dim and remote 
epochs the horse and ass and zebra can be traced 
to a common ancestry — the perissodactyla, or 
"odd toed" animals. We pass to the monkey 
house, always the chief centre of attraction. The 
grimaces, antics, and gymnastic agility of the 
monkeys are a never-failing source or amusement. 
The house was built in 1857, but has been con- 
siderably altered and enlarged. The glass win- 
dowed extension for anthropoids has enabled 
squeamish visitors to escape the pungent odours 
of the house and view the chimpanzee and gorilla 
basking in the warm sunshine. The gorilla struc- 
turally closely resembles man, every organ, bone, 
and sinew are alike, and it is difficult to differen- 
tiate between the two skeletons. The chimpanzee 
is known among the natives of African forests as 
the soko. The gibbon, from Assam, occupied 
the next apartment — a lithe black-haired beast, 
with a bar of white across his forehead. He is a 
wonderful athlete. 
JOHNNIE AND HIS BRIDE. 
There is quite a colony of Rhesus monkeys 
from Bengal in the Gardens. The green and 
Diana monkeys, and the Lemurs from Madagas- 
car, a branch of the same family, are worthy of 
observation. Two Malabar sguirrels in the mon- 
key house, with long, silky black tails and chest- 
nut coloured fur, are remarkably beautiful. One 
chimpanzee named Johnnie was the subject of a 1 
biography in a scientific journal. After some years 
he began to sicken, and it was suggested Johnnie 
should be supplied with a wife. She was ordered, 
and a very young lady chimpanzee was brought 
across the seas at enormous expense. When in- 
troduced, the expression on Johnnie's face is des- 
cribed as saying: "Do ye think I'd be bothered 
with a brat like that." He died soon after, a vic- 
tim of consumption, and his stuffed carcase stands 
in the council room. We have to cross over to a 
cage adjoining the Haughton House to view an- 
other type of monkey. The mandrill is a species 
of Baboon, notable for its short stump of a tail. 
Its long tuberculous swellings on each side of its 
muzzle present a glaring study in scarlet and 
blue. When old it is the last word in repulsive- 
ness, tihe ugliest and most ungainly of its race. 
It has peculiar tastes and has a marked liking 
for all kinds of intoxicating liquors. 
THE ROARERS. 
From the Monkey House we pass to the 
dens of the carnivora. The handsome Roberts 
House was erected as a public tribute to Field- 
Marshall Lord Robert's, who was President of 
the Society from 1898 to 1902. On St. Patrick's 
Day, 1902!, in the presence of the great Irish sol- 
dier, the lioness Hypatia was transferred to the 
new house. The public were admitted in April of 
the same year, and on Tuesday, May 20th, it was 
officially opened by the Viceroy, Earl Cadogan. 
It is connected with the new Carnivora House, 
which was built on the site of the old Repository, 
which was erected in 1832 at a cost of £159 14s. 
4d. In these broad corridors we find a magnifi- 
cent collection of animals — lions, tigers, leopards, 
panthers, and jaguars. Travellers tell that these 
majestic and splendidly-coloured animals are seen 
to greater advantage in the Zoological Gardens 
than in their native wilds. The Society has spe- 
cialised in the breeding of lions, and their Irish- 
born leonine children are known all over the 
world. Over 300 1 cubs were born in the Gardens, 
and over £5,000 has been realised in cash, while 
a number of valuable animals were received in 
exchange for lions. 
