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canter and gallop. But this does not apply to cattle ; Bison 

 and Buffalo, unlike Eland and Moose, always gallop when at 

 speed ; and the Giraffe, which is bigger and heavier than any of 

 the pure trotters, never trots at all, passing immediately from a 

 walk to a canter or gallop- It all illustrates anew how limited 

 our knowledge really is, and how cautious we must be in dogma- 

 tizing, or in glibly advancing explanation theories of universal 

 applicability.'' This is quite in the vein of Darwn's cautious 

 treatment of his own suggestions ; in fact, taking this book and 

 other of Colonel Koosevelt's works with which we are acquainted, 

 we are inclined to think that in a politician and man of affairs 

 we actually have the " second Darwin " some zoologists are 

 waiting for. 



The Amateur Menagerie Club Year-Book, 1914. Edited by 

 G. Tyrwhitt-Drake. 



This neat little volume, illustrated by quite a number of 

 photographs, is the third year-book which has been issued by 

 the Amateur Menagerie Club, which now numbers sixty-eight 

 ordinary and four honorary members. The papers contributed 

 vary much in subject and merit, and some really useful obser- 

 vations are recorded. Notable among these is Mrs. Bose Butler's 

 note on the liking exhibited for plums, gathered by itself from 

 the garden wall, on the part of her tame Striped Hyaena, and 

 the fact that in its disposition the beast is rather Cat-like than 

 Dog-like (confirming the evidence of its anatomy), and that it is 

 in good health and shows no signs of age at thirteen years old. 

 Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake himself contributes also some good notes on 

 Lions ; he finds that these animals recognize their human 

 friends by the voice * rather than by sight, and mentions a 

 troupe of four performing animals which he knows to be twenty- 

 one years old, but finds still " healthy and presentable, though 

 very slow." Dr. Graham Benshaw, in an article on " Bare 

 Beasts in Continental Zoos," records a white Himalayan Bear 



.* Apropos of this, we may mention that in taking parties round the 

 Zoo, we have never been able to complete our peripatetic lecture in the 

 Lion-house ; the Lions always try to roar us down, disliking our voice, no 

 doubt ! 



