THE MENAGERIE. 55y 



Paris, all itinerant menageries were forbidden, 

 and those who gained their livelihood by exhi- 

 biting animals were obliged to send them to the 

 Museum, which was at once possessed of a con- 

 siderable number. Some were placed in tem- 

 porary dwellings, others in the groves, and the 

 plan of a menagerie was immediately laid out. 

 But it was only by degrees, and as circumstances 

 would permit, that the necessary ground was 

 obtained, and the enclosure did not attain its ac- 

 tual extent until the year 1822. 



In the historical part of this work we gave 

 an account of the buildings which were con- 

 structed, and of the acquisitions by which the 

 menagerie had been enriched. We shall not re- 

 turn to this subject, but shall limit ourselves to 

 describing its present state, and the order which 

 reigns in it. As collections of animals are liable 

 to so much fluctuation from death and other 

 causes, we shall not mention all the animals 

 which are at present in the menagerie, but only 

 the most remarkable species, and those which 

 we hope to preserve. Neither shall we point 

 out the places where they are to be found, as 



his attachment to a dog with which he constantly played. It was 

 the same lion of which the librarian, M. Toscan, has given a very in- 

 teresting history : see f Ami de la Nature, page 15-4.J. In the same 

 work, published in 1801, we find, page a65, some observations on the 

 animals then existing in the menagerie. 



