REMINISCENCES FROM THE MELBOURNE ZOO. 
Ill 
consequences. The usual mode of procedure adopted in such cases is 
astonishingly complicated. Not only is the new animal kept in a close 
cage for several days after its arrival, but the old inhabitant is taken 
from its home, whether a cage or paddock, and placed in close captivity 
also. The two cages are then placed so close together that the pair 
grow used to each other and sympathise with one another over the 
unjust treatment that has been meted out to them. When they betray 
evidences of chumship, both are taken to the original home of the one, 
and the doors of the two cages are opened. The keepers do their best 
to contrive that the newcomer shall be the first to get into the home. 
