GUIDE 
TO THE 
BY THE 
HON. SECRETARY TO THE SOCIETY. 
The following description of the Zoological and 
Acclimatisation Society's Gardens is intended to ac- 
company the bird's-eye view of the grounds in the 
frontispiece, and may be of some use as a guide to 
visitors. They comprise an area of about 40 acres, 
and are situated in the centre of the Eoyal Park, 
about a mile and a half from the General Post Office, 
and can be reached by cab or the Hotham omnibuses, 
which leave the Hobson's Bay Eailway Station every 
few minutes and take passengers as far as the Park 
fence on the Plemington Eoad, and within a few 
minutes walk of the Gardens. 
On entering the main gates the visitor will notice 
several paths which lead in different directions— with 
the reader's permission, we will proceed round the 
oval flower bed at the entrance, and so down the 
main walk. 
The first building met with is a small aviary, No. 1, 
devoted to Canaries. It is placed in the centre of a 
circular enclosure prettily laid out, and filled with choice 
flowers, which, especially in spring and summer, have 
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