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A third cause lies in the extension of the trolley lines of 
railway into the suburbs, with the attendant opening of a 
number of pleasure gardens, presenting new and varied 
forms of amusement, which distract the public from old- 
established and constant places of resort. Of interest in 
this connection, and doubtless owing to the same cause, is 
the fact that there was a decrease of nearly one-quarter in 
the number of pedestrians entering Fairmount Park in 
1898 as compared with 1897. 
Whatever may be the causes of the deficiency, the depend- 
ence of the existence of the Gardens upon the appropria- 
tions made by the City Councils becomes each year more 
apparent, and the generous and enlightened aid thus 
received cannot be too gratefully acknowledged. 
The Gardens. 
Nine hundred and sixty-one specimens were living in the 
menagerie at the close of the year, comprising 351 mam- 
mals, 425 birds, 173 reptiles, and 12 batrachians. 
The total number of accessions was as follows : — 
Mammals : — 
Purchased . . - 65 
Presented 53 
Born in the Gardens 56 
— 174 
Birds : — 
Purchased 121 
Presented 63 
Born in the Gardens 44 
— 228 
Reptiles and Batrachians : — 
Purchased 243 
Presented 72 
Born in the Gardens 24 
— 339 
— 741 
Of special interest among these was a Levaillant's amazon 
{Chrysotis levaillanti), presented March 1st by Mrs. Charles 
