558 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSEUM. 



they are removed from one park to another ac- 

 cording to circumstances : and as a label is placed 

 over the gate of the park or lodge of each ani- 

 mal, designa ting its name, the country from which 

 it comes, and the name of the person who gave 

 or sent it to the Museum. 



The menagerie is 220 fathoms in length from 

 East to West, or from the esplanade in front of 

 the amphitheatre to the terrace along the quay ; 

 its greatest width from North to South is no fa- 

 thoms, and it communicates with the garden by 

 four principal entrances, one on the West, two 

 on the South, one of which is in the centre of 

 the chesnut walk and the other at the extremity, 

 and the fourth on the North near the cabinet of 

 comparative anatomy. These gates are open to 

 the public every day from ] 1 to 6 in the summer, 

 and from 1 1 to 3 in the winter. No person is 

 admitted into the interior of the parks or lodges, 

 unless he is conducted by a member of the ad- 

 ministration. 



The space destined for tame animals, which 

 walk about at liberty, is divided into fourteen 

 parks or enclosures, six to the west and eight 

 to the east of the edifice called the rotunda. 

 These parks, round which the public can walk, 

 are subdivided into compartments, each termi- 

 nated by one side of a building into which the 



