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not well see what separated the two lots of animals, and a ditch 
was certainly much better than an iron fence, as it did not obstruct 
the view in any way. Mr. Hagenbeck is at present erecting 
enclosures and cages for his Bears and carnivora on a similar 
principle in Hamburg, so that visitors will not have to look through 
bars at the animals; a novel but feasible plan. He also purposes 
having a large panorama at the forthcoming Paris Exhibition on a 
similar plan, but the animals of each country to be separate, so 
that you will be able to see the various animals of a country at a 
glance. 
In Vienna he has a similar panorama, representing the Polar 
Regions, the back part having twelve Polar Bears a portion 
of an ice-bound derelict ship, covered with icicles, very faithfully 
done, and the front part having Seals and Sea-birds in. The photos 
I show will give a good idea of it. Of course, all the animals 
in these panoramas have been tamed and trained from an early age; 
as, for instance, the performing Lion and Tiger at Fitzgerald’s 
circus, at present in Melbourne, both were trained at Hagenbeck’s, 
at Hamburg. 
On returning to Hamburg I went over the Gardens, and noticed 
that they had a very fine Elephant, of considerable age. It was 
great friends with a Rhinoceros living in an 
Hamburg Zoo. adjoining enclosure, separated by an iron fence, 
Gardena. the Elephant frequently putting its trunk over or 
through the fence and stroking the Rhinoceros 
with it, and they often stood for a long time close together. There 
was one Hippopotamus which had a strong aveision to the Director, 
Dr. Bolau, and whom it recognised at once on his approach 
to its enclosure, and if Dr. Bolau stood by the fence for a short 
time the animal would come out of its tank and rush at the fence 
to try and get at the Director. Dr. Bolau can give no reason 
for it, as he has never given any cause of offence, to his knowledge. 
There is also a Condor they have had for 28 years, and also 
a pond with Seals, forming a very attractive exhibit. At one 
end of the Gardens is a settlement of Ashantees, about six families. 
Each have their own hut, but a common cooking place. The men 
go through various performances and games, and the children 
are taught in an open school-house. Large numbers of visitors 
come to see them. 
I left Hamburg on the 21st, reaching London early on the 23rd, 
and left the same night for Edinburgh, to inspect Prof. Ewart’s 
Zebra Hybrids. He has a small property at 
Professor Penicuick. All the Hybrids are from one Zebra 
Ewart’s. stallion, the mares being of various kinds and 
colours, but the young in Hybrids always appear 
to throw back, and never take much after the parents, and you can 
never pick out the mother from the appearance of the foal. The same 
