REMINISCENCES FROM THE MELBOURNE ZOO. 
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they could be released. Therefore it may be imagined what “kittle 
cattle” they are, and how proud the staff of a Zoo is if one becomes 
acclimatised and settles down contentedly. The present inhabitant of 
A Thing of Shreds and Patches. 
the Melbourne Zoo has been there for quite a number of years, and has 
even endured the change from a large paddock to the confinement of a 
very small place with wonderful equanimity. 
IBISES AND GULLS 
A HAPPY, UNHAPPY FAMILY. 
Opposite the cages of Mollie, the Orang-Utang, and the alligator, is 
a pretty garden-like section, containing a rookery and a small pond. This 
is one of the noisiest portions of the Zoo, for it is the home of a large 
