GUIDE TO GARDENS. 
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Rajendro Mullick, Messrs. E. Blythe and A. Grote, 
of Calcutta, and A. Layard, Esq., of Colombo. 
The Axis Deer ( G Axis), India, have also been 
introduced by the Society, and are very nu- 
merous in the neighbourhood of the Grampians. 
The New Lion House (No. 20) is situated in one 
of the Deer paddocks (No. 19). It is a handsome 
structure, built of brick, on a solid bluestone founda- 
tion, with substantial iron front, and has been completed 
at a considerable cost. The centre compartment contains 
a splendid pair of South African Lions {Felis Leo ) ; 
the other compartments contain a young Lioness, their 
daughter, born in the Gardens, and now about two years 
old, and a young Tigress ( Felis Tigris), presented to the 
Society by The Hon. T. J. Sumner, M.L.C. The Car- 
nivora are fed daily (Sundays excepted) at half-past 
three o’clock. A little further on along the same path 
brings the visitor to a wooden cage (No. 21), containing 
a large Chacma Baboon ( CgnocepJialus Porcarius) : this 
animal was formerly kept on the chain, but as he 
managed to break it on several occasions and make his 
escape, it was thought better and safer to confine him. 
The visitor now turns to the right hand, and to 
the left of the path is the Emu paddock (No. 22), in 
which are several of these fine birds and a young one 
hatched this season. There is also a Brahmin Cow and 
Calf, in this paddock. 
The next building (No. 23) is the old Lion House. 
It contains a Hunting Leopard or Cheetah ( Felis Jubata), 
a fine Panther ( Leopardus Varius), the Black Leopard 
( Felis Nigra), and the Common Leopard ( Felis Leo - 
pardus ), the latter recently presented to the Society 
