292 THE PARIS ZOO IN THE TWO SIEGES 
appeared preoccupied and thoughtful, grew pale, then 
green, threw his live francs on the table, and left 
hurriedly. 
The result of the compulsory experiments in food 
during the siege will not be much assistance to guide 
the work of acclimatization, or to aid in the discovery 
of a new meat, either from the menageries of the 
Zoological Gardens, or our beasts of burden, though 
all the needful accessories of good cooks, good wines, 
and good company were available to secure success. 
