WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 
LAPLANDERS AND REINDEER. 
A few years ago a party of Laplanders visited this 
country bringing with them a herd of reindeer, and these 
animals were for some time deposited in the Zoological 
Gardens. I had the pleasure frequently of going round 
with these people, who appeared to have some vague 
notion of Noah and the Ark, and who seemed to me to 
believe that the collection of animals was the same as 
that which had been landed from the Ark. Whether they 
were poking fun at me or whether they entertained the 
idea that I was the original Noah, I cannot say, but any- 
how they always asked for Mr. Noah to go round with 
them, and continued during the whole time of their visit 
to call me by that name. This reminds me of a former 
visit paid me by a party of New Zealanders, whose great 
anxiety was to see the dove that flew from the Ark, and 
they were only satisfied when I pointed out to them a 
very beautiful white dove. Very possibly on their return 
to their own country they impressed on their fellow- 
countrymen the fact that they had seen the dove that 
fiew out of the Ark. 
THE sultan’s visit TO THE GARDENS. 
Suddenly and unexpectedly, rushing through the rain 
and mud, arrived at the gates two outriders to announce 
the approach of the Sultan. I was in the Gardens, but 
not to be found at the moment of the Sultan’s arrival. I, 
however, soon heard that he was already inside, and, 
advancing, I met the Hon. Charles Liddel, who at once 
introduced me to Mr. Moore of the Turkish Embassy and 
others, who in turn introduced me to the Sultan. The four 
principal attendants kept at a considerable distance, two 
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