REMINISCENCES FROM THE MELBOURNE ZOO. 85 
a cafe known as the City Buffet, which was located close to the site of 
the present Tivoli Theatre. The leopard had been taught to do all 
manner of circus tricks, and he was a great pet with his owner, who, 
after he sold him to the Zoo, visited him every Sunday afternoon of his 
life. He must have been tamed by kindness, for Mr, Wilkie says he was 
the tamest leopard he has ever had anything to do with in all his experi- 
ence. He could lead the big creature all round the gardens on a rope 
like a great dog, and he never saw the least inclination to revert to his 
Just arrived from England. 
wild state. Naturally when one day it was discovered that this 
prize was ill there was tremendous consternation. The veterinary 
surgeon was sent for, and he tried all sorts of ways to induce the sick 
animal to take medicine, but without avail. No matter how skilfully it 
was disguised, they found he could scent castor-oil in anything, and 
powdered meat he scorned. A fowl was newly killed and medicine was 
cunningly hidden in its entrails, but he would not even sniff what would 
have been a rare delicacy in his normal health. At last, when despera- 
tion sharpened wits, it was recollected that dogs and cats ate grass when 
